The Oslo Accords were signed between 1993 and 1995 between Israel and the PLO by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat. The Accords included mutual recognition, the establishment of the Palestinian Authority and agreement to open negotiations over a final-status agreement in 1999. During the period of the Netanyahu government between 1996-1999, the Hebron Protocol and Wye River Memorandum were signed as part of the Oslo Accords, but negotiations for a peace agreement were not launched.