Handshake seals Oslo peace pact

1993 - Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Chairman Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shook hands on the White House lawn as some 3,000 witnesses looked on in wonder, hope and tears at a moment in history. Agreed in Oslo, Norway, and subsequently signed at a public ceremony in Washington, the pact called for the withdrawal of the Israeli occupation army from parts of the Gaza Strip and West Bank.