Editing Shimon Peres (section)

==Rabin government (1992–1995)==
After the Labor Party was successful in the [[1992 Knesset election]] and Rabin became prime minister again, Peres became foreign minister in the Rabin-led [[twenty-fifth government of Israel]].<ref name = NYTdeath /> Peres had previously served as foreign minister from 1986 through 1988.

=== Israel–Jordan peace treaty ===
[[File:Flickr_-_Government_Press_Office_(GPO)_-_Foreign_Min._Peres_and_King_Hussein.jpg|thumb|Shimon Peres (left) with [[Yitzhak Rabin]] (center) and [[King Hussein of Jordan]] (right), prior to signing the [[Israel–Jordan peace treaty]]]]
On 26 October 1994, Jordan and Israel signed the [[Israel–Jordan peace treaty]],<ref name="nytimes.com"/> which had been initiated by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres. The ceremony was held in the Arava valley of Israel, north of [[Eilat]] and near the Jordanian border. Prime Minister Rabin and Prime Minister Abdelsalam al-Majali signed the treaty and the [[President of Israel]] [[Ezer Weizman]] shook hands with [[Hussein of Jordan|King Hussein]]. United States President [[Bill Clinton]] observed, accompanied by United States Secretary of State [[Warren Christopher]], as well as the foreign ministers of eleven other nations (including Russia, which had joined the United States as a formal co-sponsor of the peace talks that led to the treaty). The treaty brought an end to 46 years of official war between Israel and [[Jordan]]. It was only the second full peace agreement that Israel had reached with an Arab nation, after the [[Camp David Accords]] signed with [[Egypt]] in 1978.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Haberman |first1=Clyde |title=THE JORDAN-ISRAEL ACCORD: THE OVERVIEW; Israel and Jordan Sign a Peace Accord |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/27/world/the-jordan-israel-accord-the-overview-israel-and-jordan-sign-a-peace-accord.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=29 May 2022 |date=27 October 1994 |archive-date=29 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194348/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/27/world/the-jordan-israel-accord-the-overview-israel-and-jordan-sign-a-peace-accord.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Oslo peace process with Palestine===
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[[File:Peres signing Oslo I (1).jpg|thumb|Peres signing Oslo I on 13 September 1993]]

Rabin's 1992 campaign for Labor had primarily been run on the idea of negotiating peace with the Palestinians. This campaign had succeeded as a peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was popular among the Israeli public at the time. The twenty-fifth government of Israel was arguably more pro-peace government than any previous Israeli government.<ref name="Rais"/> It would begin negotiations with the [[Yasser Arafat]]-led [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] (PLO).

Peres was involved in secret peace negotiations between Prime Minister Rabin's government and Arafat's PLO organization. These negotiations were held over several months in 1992 and 1993. As part of the negotiations, Peres secretly flew to [[Oslo]], [[Norway]] on 19 August 1993. The ultimate agreement outlined a peace process between Israel and Palestine, which would include the establishment of an interim Palestinian government within both the [[Gaza Strip]] and the [[West Bank]]. On 13 September 1993, Peres signed the initial [[Oslo I Accord]] on behalf of the Israeli government in a ceremony at the United States' [[White House]], with Rabin in attendance.<ref name="fastfactsOslo1">{{cite web |title=Oslo Accords Fast Facts |url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/09/03/world/meast/oslo-accords-fast-facts/index.html#:~:text=September%2013%2C%201993%20-%20The%20Oslo%20Accords%20%28referred,second%20significant%20agreement%20is%20signed%20in%20Washington%2C%20DC. |website=CNN |access-date=26 May 2022 |language=en |date=3 September 2013 |archive-date=26 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526072306/https://www.cnn.com/2013/09/03/world/meast/oslo-accords-fast-facts/index.html#:~:text=September%2013%2C%201993%20-%20The%20Oslo%20Accords%20%28referred,second%20significant%20agreement%20is%20signed%20in%20Washington%2C%20DC. |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Flickr - Government Press Office (GPO) - THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATES FOR 1994 IN OSLO..jpg|thumb|[[Yitzhak Rabin]], Shimon Peres and [[Yasser Arafat]] receiving the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] following the [[Oslo Accords]]]]
In 1994, in recognition of the Oslo Accords, Peres, Rabin and Arafat were jointly awarded the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].<ref name="fastfactsOslo1"/> This was the [[List of Nobel Peace Prize laureates|second (and most recent) instance]] in which an Israeli was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Then-Prime Minister [[Menachem Begin]] had previously jointly received the honor with Egyptian President [[Anwar Sadat]] in 1978. This was also the second time that the award had been given in recognition of middle east peacemaking efforts, with the 1978 award having been the previous instance of this.<ref name="BBC"/> The awarding of the prize to the three has not been without controversy. After it was decided they would be given the award, [[Kåre Kristiansen]] resigned from the Nobel Peace Prize committee in protest of Arafat receiving the award, believing Arafat to be, "too tainted by violence, terror and torture".<ref name="BBC">{{cite web |title=1994: Israelis and Arafat share peace prize |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/14/newsid_3694000/3694744.stm |website=BBC News |access-date=29 May 2022 |date=14 October 1994 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305181412/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/14/newsid_3694000/3694744.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2002, a number of members of the Norwegian committee that awards the annual Nobel Peace Prize would state they regretted that Mr. Peres's prize could not be recalled. Because he had not acted to prevent Israel's re-occupation of Palestinian territory, he had not lived up to the ideals he expressed when he accepted the prize, and he was involved in human rights abuses.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1912953.stm "Nobel's regrets on Peres award"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003074908/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1912953.stm |date=3 October 2016 }} bbc.co.uk, 5 April 2002</ref>

Negotiations on further terms continued, with Peres continuing to be an integral player.<ref name="Accord2">{{cite web |title=CNN - Middle East peace accord - Sept. 28, 1995 |url=http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9509/israel_peace/09-28/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=26 May 2022 |date=28 September 1995 |archive-date=18 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918052147/http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9509/israel_peace/09-28/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Hedges |first1=Chris |title=Peres and Arafat in Talks to Complete Accord |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/22/world/peres-and-arafat-in-talks-to-complete-accord.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=26 May 2022 |date=22 April 1994 |archive-date=26 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526072308/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/22/world/peres-and-arafat-in-talks-to-complete-accord.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On 28 September 1995, Rabin and Arafat jointly signed a second major agreement, which has popularly been referred to as "[[Oslo II]]".<ref name="fastfactsOslo1"/><ref name="Accord2"/>