The Oslo agreements of 1993 established a Palestinian Council to negotiate with Israel the permanent status of the West Bank and Gaza. Article V of the agreements states: a) Permanent status negotiations will commence... between the Government of Israel and the Palestinian people representatives. b) It is understood that these negotiations shall cover remaining issues, including: Jerusalem, refugees, settlements, security arrangements, borders, relations and cooperation with other neighbors, and other issues of common interest. The aim of the negotiations, as written in Article I of the Oslo agreements, is to achieve a permanent settlement based on Security Council Resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973). Neither of these Security Council Resolutions calls for the creation of a Palestinian State in the West Bank, as witnessed by the address delivered by President Ronald Reagan on September 1, 1982: ...as we look to the future of the West Bank and Gaza, it is clear to me that peace cannot be achieved by the formation of an independent Palestinian state in those territories... so....
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