A/HRC/22/63 • Israeli Prime Minister Yitzahk Rabin (1992-1995) presents to the Knesset his basic policy guidelines, revisiting the previous policy to establish new settlements in the OPT while at the same time guaranteeing the existence of settlements already established through public services‘ delivery, promoting the consolidation of the settlements. The revision in the establishment of new settlements is perceived in Israel as a virtual freeze on settlement expansion (13 July) • As a result of Prime Minister Rabin‘s virtual freeze on settlement construction, there is a reduction in the frequency and the amount of declarations of ―State Land‖ 50 • A Committee led by Haim Klugman, director-general of the Israeli Ministry of Justice, examines the transfer of expropriated Palestinian property in East Jerusalem from the State to settler organisations like Elad and Ateret Cohanim. The report found that the Custodian for Abandoned Properties effectively served as an institution to dispossess Palestinians of their land and property. 1993 • The Oslo I Accords are signed. Permanent issues including Israeli settlements are deliberately left to future negotiations. 51 (13 September) 1994 • The Shamgar Commission report into the killing of twenty-nine Palestinian worshippers praying inside the Ibrahim Mosque (or Mosque of Abraham) at the Cave of the Patriarchs site in Hebron also reviews in general law enforcement on Israeli citizens in OPT and describes actions in this regard as ―too slow, too little and too late.‖ 1995 • The Oslo II Accords are signed. They divide the West Bank and Gaza into three areas, allow Palestinian election and for Israel to legally close crossing points into Israel if deemed necessary.52 (28 September) • Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated by a militant Israeli allegedly in retaliation for undermining the pace of Jewish settlement expansion in the OPT.53 (4 November) 1996 • Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (1996-1999) presents to the Knesset the basic policy guidelines of his first tenure in Government. The sixth strategic goal (out of 50 51 52 53 B’Tselem, By Hook and By Crook: Israeli Settlement Policy in the West Bank, 2010 Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements, The Oslo Accords Between Israel and Palestine, 13 September 1993 The Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, ―Oslo 2‖ 28 September 1995 Haaretz, ―Settler rabbi: Time has come to apologize for Rabin assassination. In memorial evening in West Bank, Tekoa's Menachem Froman says: We vow not to repeat the dance of hatred. By Chaim Levinson, 7 Nov 2012 33