Assassination of Israeli PM that scuttled peace deal with Palestine

Israel and Palestine came closest to end hostility was in 1990s. They signed the Oslo Peace Accord. But assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin sctulled the peace deal.

Perhaps the only time Israel and Palestine came close to a workable peace deal was in the first half of 1990s. Israel began peace talks with Palestinian leaders and Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan in Spain — the Madrid Conference — in 1991. The first real big breakthrough was achieved in 1993. Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) signed what is called the Oslo Peace Accord. It followed a series of secret meetings between then Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.