Twenty years since the signing of the Oslo Accords, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi explains what went wrong and what lessons must be learned as negotiations continue today.

Dr Mustafa Barghouthi is a Member of the Palestinian parliament. He has held a number of prominent roles including: Minister of Information under the 2007 National Unity Government; presidential candidate in 2005 and General Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative; physician; social, political, human rights and peace activist. Mustafa Barghouthi has made an extraordinary contribution to initiatives to peacefully challenge the ongoing Israeli Occupation of Palestine and bring it to end, as well as efforts to build the institutional framework of Palestinian civil society and promote the principles of internal democracy and good governance.  He writes extensively for local and international audiences on civil society and democracy issues and the political situation in Palestine, as well as on health development policy in Palestine.