Mahmoud Abbas declared: “Israel has buried the Oslo agreement and the other agreements it signed with the PLO.” The president of the PNA’s words were reported by the head of the Palestinian delegation, Saeb Erakat. The Oslo accords, signed in 1993, accepted Palestine’s right to independence and has been the basis for all subsequent steps towards peace. Abbas accused Israel of stripping the Palestinian Authority of many of its limited powers in the occupied territories with “daily intrusions” into the areas governed by the Palestinians