Published: 11 December 2017
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Three reasons we aren't seeing a third intifada (Haaretz)
Saturday was the third day of violent demonstrations in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip border following U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. It was also December 9, the 30th anniversary of the outbreak of the first intifada.
It lasted for nearly six years, ending officially only with the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993. In retrospect, the first intifada had been an event waiting to happen. It just needed a spark.
The Palestinians at that point, over 20 years after the Six-Day War, wanted to prove to themselves, the Israelis and the rest of the world that they were not prepared to continue sitting docilely by while successive Israeli governments blurred the Green Line and settlements spread, stymieing the prospect of an independent Palestinian state.
To date, Palestinians’ Jerusalem protests are a case of ‘intifada lite’ (Times of Israel)
AVI ISSACHAROFF Fatah and Hamas have been relentlessly urging people to the streets, but only a few thousand have responded. An unpleasant surprise, though, can change that in an instant
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Photo: A Palestinian protester gesturing towards Israeli forces during clashes at the main entrance of Bethlehem in the West Bank, December 10 (Masa Al Shaer/AFP)
