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The "Oslo War" is a term used by some Israelis, mainly Right wingers, to refer to the upsurge in the violence of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict following the collapse of the Oslo Accords.
The name implies a belief that the upsurge in violence resulted not, as most believe, from the failure of the Peace Process, but rather because the Palestinian side deliberately pursued the Accords in order to further a violent campaign against Israel.
The Israeli "architects" of Oslo are often accused in blindness and naivety, letting the Palestinians exploit their good will and betray them. Hardcore architects like Yossi Beilin are accused also of selling Israel's interest for foreign money, disregarding Jewish lives that may be lost because of their acts. There is a common slogan among Right wing activists that calls to investigate the Oslo architects and put them on trial (in Hebrew it reads פושעי אוסלו לדין). Before the al-Aqsa intifada those views were held by a small minority but four years of Palestinian violence have resulted in greater popularity for this viewpoint.
The viewpoint has a counterpoint in the widespread belief amongst Palestinians that the Peace Process duped the Palestinians into abandoning their struggle against Israel in return for benefits that failed to materialise, for example statehood and a freeze on Israeli seizures of Palestinian land, which increased markedly [1] under the Accords. [2]