Abstract
The al-Aqsa Intifada ushered in an era with a new brand of violence.1 It began with a popular uprising following Ariel Sharon’s visit to Temple Mount on September 28, 2000. But unlike the first Intifada, which was basically a civil uprising against the symbols of an occupation that has lasted since June 1967, the second Intifada very quickly lapsed into an armed struggle between Palestinian activists and the Israeli armed forces. Almost from the very start, armed men took to hiding among crowds of Palestinians, using them as cover to shoot from. The IDF retaliated forcefully, each time causing several casualties.
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Notes
Drucker and Shelah, Boomerang, p. 32. See also Reuven Pedatzur, “More Than a Million Bullets,” Haaretz, June 29, 2004.
Chaliand, “Contre-insurrection ou stabilisation: quelles ‘leçons du passé’pour aujourd’hui?” lecture given at the Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI), March 13, 2008.
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Cohen, S. (2010). Botched Engagement in the Intifada. In: Israel’s Asymmetric Wars. The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230112971_6
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