The author/Jonathan reports on the two day conference marking 20 years of the Oslo Accords, and concludes that the problem is more about the West than about the middle-eastern parties (Israelis and Palestinians). The various speakers showed that the accords had failed the Palestinians, had proved a major disappointment to the host country, Norway, and had allowed Israel to manipulate international opinion favour of a long-standing Zionist agenda of controlling the territory and resources of historic Palestine. The solution lay in western leaders making rational decisions and holding in check overbearing lobbies representing foreign powers.

Source: Journal of Palestine Refugee Studies, Vol. 3, Issue 2, Autumn 2013, ISSN 2046-7060.