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intifadah(Arabic; “shaking off”) Palestinian revolt (1987–93, 2000– ) against the Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. Initially a spontaneous reaction to 20 years of occupation and worsening economic conditions, it was soon taken over by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Its tactics included strikes, boycotts, and confrontations with Israeli troops. The International Red Cross estimated that some 800 Palestinians, more than 200 under the age of 16, had been killed by Israeli security forces by 1990. Several dozen Israelis were killed during the same period. Intifadah pressure is credited with helping make possible the 1993 Israeli-PLO agreement on Palestinian self-rule. A breakdown in further negotiations in late 2000 led to another outburst of violence, which quickly became known as the Aqsa intifadah, named for the Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, where the fighting began. See also Yasir 'Arafat; Fatah; Hamas. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | The Palestinian group Fatah looks set to elect 12 new members to its central committee, including Marwan Barghouthi, a popular intifadah leader who is serving a life sentence in Israel for organising the murder of Jews Other new faces include Muhammad Dahlan, 47, Fatah's former strongman in the Gaza Strip, and Jibril Rajoub, 56, a former top security official in the West Bank. It was what sank the negotiations at Camp David in July 2000, and it was what ignited the second intifadah. The Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982 and the Iran-Contra affair were among the harmful products, while the first Intifadah highlighted the destructive consequences of placing the Palestinian issue on the back burner. |
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