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Far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has announced that he has submitted a bill to the Knesset calling for the annulment of the Oslo Accords, the Hebron Protocol, and the Wye River Memorandum - agreements previously signed by Israeli governments with the Palestinian side.

In a statement posted on his X account, the extremist minister claimed that his proposal was intended to "correct an injustice that has lasted for many years".

He said that, along with his colleagues from the far-right Jewish Power party, he had submitted a bill aimed at completely revoking the three accords.

According to Ben-Gvir, the proposed legislation would cancel all agreements with the Palestinians that resulted in Israeli withdrawals from parts of the occupied territories.

The bill, if passed, would restore Israeli control over areas handed over to the Palestinians under the Oslo, Hebron, and Wye River agreements.

Additionally, Ben-Gvir said that the laws enacted to implement these agreements would also be repealed, granting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the authority to draft new regulations to enforce the decision.

The Oslo Accords, signed in September 1993, marked a historic peace deal between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO).

The agreement, brokered in Norway, involved mutual recognition between the two sides and outlined steps for establishing limited Palestinian self-rule.

Under the deal, Israel withdrew from parts of Gaza and Jericho, paving the way for PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat and other officials to return to Palestine from Tunisia and form the Palestinian National Authority.

The Hebron Protocol, another agreement that Ben-Gvir's bill targets, was signed in January 1997 and outlined the redeployment of Israeli forces in Hebron.

The agreement divided the city into two sectors: H1, which covered 80 percent of Hebron and was placed under full Palestinian control, and H2, where Israel retained military control while Palestinian authorities managed civil affairs.

The Wye River Memorandum, signed in October 1998 at the Wye River Plantation in Washington, resulted from eight days of negotiations between Arafat and Netanyahu.

The agreement included Israeli withdrawals from portions of the West Bank, enhanced economic cooperation between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, and a commitment to resume talks on final status issues.

Ben-Gvir's proposed bill is seen as part of a broader Israeli push to expand illegal settlements and undermine Palestinian sovereignty.

Critics argue that revoking these agreements would dismantle what little progress has been made toward Palestinian self-governance and further entrench Israel’s occupation.

For decades, Israel has refused to withdraw from occupied Palestinian territories, as well as from Syrian and Lebanese lands, despite repeated international calls to adhere to international law and establish an independent Palestinian state based on pre-1967 borders.

The United Nations and much of the international community have condemned Israel's occupation and settlement expansion as illegal and a violation of Palestinian rights.