A discussion about the dehumanization of Palestinians in the conflict with Israel, and how the Israeli government's policy of collective punishment further exacerbates this issue.
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated in 1995, amid a period of political division and turmoil, with Benjamin Netanyahu at the center of a right-wing backlash against him. Netanyahu claimed that Rabin favored the wellbeing of the people of Gaza over the security of Israeli citizens, but the assassination created an opportunity for peace that was ultimately not realized.
The Oslo Accords were intended to provide Palestinians with some self-governance, contain them and get the international community off their back. It was not intended to result in the creation of a full state for the Palestinians, but rather, to keep them demilitarized and limit their sovereignty.