Under the peace process Oslo agreements, signed by Yasser Arafat on behalf of the Palestinian Authority (PA), the Palestinians are committed to eliminating violence against Israel and the incitement that feeds it. The PA itself is obligated to refrain from incitement against Israel and is obligated to take measures to prevent others from engaging in it. The issue was considered so important by Israel that all the agreements include these prohibitions or refer back to earlier agreements that do:

• In his exchange of letters with Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on September 9, 1993, Chairman Yasser Arafat wrote, "the PLO renounces the use of terrorism and other acts of violence and will assume responsibility over all PLO elements and personnel in order to assure their compliance, prevent violations and discipline violators."
  
  
• The Interim Agreement (Oslo II) of September 28, 1995 (Article XXII) states that Israel and the PA "shall seek to foster mutual understanding and tolerance and shall accordingly abstain from incitement, including hostile propaganda, against each other and, without derogating from the principle of freedom of expression, shall take legal measures to prevent such incitement by any organizations, groups or individuals within their jurisdiction."
  
  
• In the Note for the Record which accompanied the Hebron Protocol of January 15, 1997, the Palestinians reaffirmed their commitment regarding, "Preventing incitement and hostile propaganda, as specified in Article XXII of the Interim Agreement."