Palestinian revolving door policy

The 'Palestinian revolving door policy' refers to allegations of the Palestinian Authority capturing and then automatically releasing terrorists from prison. It was coined by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after his election to office in 1996.
Netanyahu asserted that when Arafat was pushed to show concessions he was fighting terrorism, "he would make some show of rounding up a few dozen people, putting them in what I call the revolving door so they come in and out of detention as fast, you know, in one rapid move. I don't think he's done anything serious, I don’t think he’s going to do anything serious"
Netanyahu argued the policy exploited a weakness of the 1993 Oslo peace accords. The Israeli hoped Arafat would renounce terrorism, but more importantly, would also crack down on the terrorist operations of HAMAS, Palestine Islamic Jihad, and other radical movements.
The Revolving Door Policy was one of the reasons stated by Netanyahu to freeze further withdrawal from territories. The Israeli government considered the revolving door policy to be a direct violation of the Tit for tat policy.

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