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Which organizations negotiated the agreements that established the Palestinian Authority?

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Oslo Accords: Declaration of Principles on Palestinian Self-Rule — Palestinian Authority U.S. Pres. Bill Clinton (center) looking on as Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (left) shakes hands with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat after the signing of the Declaration of Principles on Palestinian Self-Rule, September 1993.

The Palestinian Authority (PA) was established in 1994 as a result of peace negotiations between the state of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).12

These negotiations, which became known as the Oslo process, began with secret meetings held in Norway in 1993. These talks led to the signing of the Declaration of Principles, commonly referred to as the Oslo Accords. Through these agreements, the two parties committed to mutual recognition and a framework for the progressive transfer of governing functions in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to a Palestinian council. Subsequent agreements, such as the 1995 Interim Agreement (Oslo II), further defined the expansion of Palestinian self-rule and the administrative structure of the authority.1345