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Peres, Rabin, Clinton, and Arafat and Seeds of Peace Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, left, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, left center, United States President Bill Clinton, center, and Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat, right, pose holding t-shirts of Seeds of Peace after they signed the Oslo 1 Accords on the South Lawn of theWhite House on September 13, 1993. The 47 Seeds of Peace boys came from Israel, Egypt, and the Palestinian Territories and were the honored guests for the signing ceremony. John Wallach, President and Founder of Seeds of Peace can be seen behind the ear of Prime Minister Rabin. Washington District of Columbia United States of America EDITORIAL USE ONLY Copyright: xx BobxMcNeelyx cnpphotos010063

September 13, 1993 - Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America - United States President Bill Clinton, center right, poses for a group photo with former US Presidents Jimmy Carter, left, George H.W. Bush, center left, and Gerald R. Ford, right, at the in Washington, DC on September 13, 1993. The leaders gathered at the for the Middle Eastern Treaty Signing, also known as Oslo 1, and for the North American Free Trade Agreement, also known as NAFTA, kick-off the following day..Credit: via CNP Washington United States of America - ZUMAs152 19930913_zaa_s152_003

March 3, 2015 - Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America - Washington, DC. 9-13-1993. In a triumph of hope over history, Yitzhak Rabin, the Prime Minister of Israel, and Yasir Arafat, the chairman of the P.L.O., shook hands today on the White House lawn, sealing the first agreement between Jews and Palestinians to end their conflict and share the holy land along the River Jordan that they both call home..At 11:43 A.M. on the sun-splashed South Lawn of the White House, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres of Israel and Mahmoud Abbas, the foreign policy aide for the Palestine Liberation Organization, signed a Declaration of Principles on Palestinian self-government in Israeli-occupied Gaza and the West Bank. Three thousand witnesses watched in amazement, including former Presidents Jimmy Carter and George Bush..Credit: Washington United States of America - ZUMAr142