To the Editor:

Re “Mr. Abbas Gives Up on Peace” (editorial, Oct. 2):

President Mahmoud Abbas’s frustrations with the Oslo Accords are logical and well placed in light of Israel’s continued violations of these agreements. Settlement expansion and the continued occupation of the Palestinian people are rendering these agreements obsolete.

These accords and all subsequent agreements were meant to transition our people to independence, not to prolonged subjugation and humiliation by a defiant country that violates international law at will with impunity. Blaming the Palestinians for the impasse and lack of political progress for a peaceful resolution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is absurd.

Since Benjamin Netanyahu became prime minister of Israel in 2009, all he has done is to undermine and sabotage the Oslo accords, a declared objective since he became prime minister for the first time in 1996. He has basically done nothing to contribute to peace and reconciliation with the Palestinians.

On the contrary, he allied himself with extreme right-wing parties and settlers to destroy the two-state solution. This is not only a Palestinian view but also an international one shared by United States officials.