The Al-Aqsa Intifada or the Second Intifada was the second Palestinian uprising beginning in late September of 2000, during which violence between the Israelis and Palestinians intensified.
To the Palestinians, the Second Intifada is seen as a way of furthering their struggle to gain national liberation, justice, and to halt Israeli occupation. To the Israelis, it is thought to be an act of terrorism planned and carried out by the Palestinian leader at the time, Yasser Arafat.
Palestinians engaged in mass protests and general strikes (much like the tactics carried out in the first intifada), as well as more violent strategies such as armed attacks on settlers, civilians and security forces, suicide bombings, and the firing rockets into Israeli residential areas.
Israelis have retaliated by ceasing the movement of Palestinians from one place to another through the imposition of checkpoints and strict curfews as a means of economic warfare. They attacked the infrastructure of the Palestinian Authority including police buildings and prisons with the aim of forcing the PA to suppress the anti-Israeli protests (which were proceeded by physical attacks) and also implemented aggressive riot control.
Overall, violence has significantly decreased since the ceasefire that was executed two years ago between the Palestine and Israel.
To the Palestinians, the Second Intifada is seen as a way of furthering their struggle to gain national liberation, justice, and to halt Israeli occupation. To the Israelis, it is thought to be an act of terrorism planned and carried out by the Palestinian leader at the time, Yasser Arafat.
Palestinians engaged in mass protests and general strikes (much like the tactics carried out in the first intifada), as well as more violent strategies such as armed attacks on settlers, civilians and security forces, suicide bombings, and the firing rockets into Israeli residential areas.
Israelis have retaliated by ceasing the movement of Palestinians from one place to another through the imposition of checkpoints and strict curfews as a means of economic warfare. They attacked the infrastructure of the Palestinian Authority including police buildings and prisons with the aim of forcing the PA to suppress the anti-Israeli protests (which were proceeded by physical attacks) and also implemented aggressive riot control.
Overall, violence has significantly decreased since the ceasefire that was executed two years ago between the Palestine and Israel.
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