"The First Intifada"

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THE FIRST INTIFADA (IN ARABIC: الانتفاضة الأولى الأولى الأولى الأولى الأولى الأولى الأولى الأولى الأولى الأولى الأولى الأولى الأولى الأولى الأولى الأولى الأولى الأولى الأولى الأولى, A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE AFTER THE GULF WAR IN 1991 AND OFFICIALLY ENDED WITH THE SIGNING OF THE OSLO ACCORDS IN 1993. DURING THIS PERIOD, PALESTINIAN RESIDENTS IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA AND THE GAZA STRIP ATTACKED THE STATE OF ISRAEL. THE INTIFADA WAS SOMETIMES CALLED "THE WAR OF THE STONES", BECAUSE THE PALESTINIANS USED STONES AND OTHER IMPROVISED WEAPONS. WITH THE OUTBREAK OF THE SECOND INTIFADA, THE NAME "FIRST INTIFADA" WAS GIVEN TO CREATE A CLEAR DISTINCTION BETWEEN THEM.

BACKGROUND OF INTIFADA
IN THE MONTHS BEFORE THE OUTBREAK OF THE INTIFADA THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF EVENTS IN THE CONFRONTATION BETWEEN THE PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELIS.

ON 2 AUGUST 1987, SIR RON TAL, COMMANDER OF THE MILITARY POLICE BASE IN THE GAZA STRIP, WAS MURDERED ON GAZA'S MAIN STREET, BY THREE ISLAMIC JIHAD TERRORISTS.

ON 8 AUGUST 1987, AN ISRAELI RESERVE OFFICER WAS KILLED AND TWO WEEKS LATER, A SUICIDE BOMBING ATTACK IN JERUSALEM WAS THWARTED.

ONE WEEK IN SEPTEMBER, A SOLDIER WAS KILLED AND KILLED THREE STABBING ATTACKS IN ISRAEL.

ON 1 OCTOBER 1987, IDF SOLDIERS KILLED SEVEN TERRORISTS FROM GAZA WHO WERE MEMBERS OF THE ISLAMIC JIHAD ORGANIZATION.

IN ADDITION TO THESE VIOLENT EVENTS THERE HAS BEEN A GENERAL AND SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION IN THE SECURITY SITUATION IN JUDEA, SAMARIA AND GAZA, WHICH INCLUDED AT LEAST THE HUMILIATION OF ALMOST ALL TYPES OF SECURITY EVENTS. AN ISRAELI FORCE THAT ENTERED LITHUANIA SHORTLY BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE INTIFADA ENCOUNTERED NON-VIOLENT RESISTANCE, BUT WITH SUCH INTENSITY THAT IT MUST RETREAT WITHOUT MOST OF THE REQUESTED.

ACCORDING TO ISRAELI ESTIMATES, THE INTIFADA WAS A SPONTANEOUS PHENOMENON IN PART. AFTER HE BEGAN, THE PLO TRIED TO CLAIM THAT HE ORGANIZED IT, BUT HISTORIANS SEE THIS ARGUMENT AS AN ACT TO DISPLAY MORE CONTROL AND INFLUENCE ON THE GROUND THAN THE ACTUAL PLO WAS.

CAUSES OF INTIFADA
THERE HAVE BEEN MANY SPECULATIONS ABOUT THE CAUSES OF THE INTIFADA. THESE GATES INCLUDE:
THE JIBRIL DEAL, WHOSE RELEASE WAS THE BACKBONE OF THE LEADERSHIP OF THE INADA, AS YUVAL DISIN, USED IN THE SAME YEARS AS THE ISA COORDINATOR OF THE ISA, JENIN AND TULKARM:

THE ALLOCATION ON THE ISRAELI RIGHT – THE OVERCOMING CALLS OF THE RIGHT IN ISRAEL TO TRANSFER, ARIEL SHARON’S DECLARATION OF A TRANSITION TO THE MUSLIM NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM AND THE RUMORS OF A JEWISH TAKEOVER OF THIS QUARTER, AS WELL AS THE DISCONNECTION OF THE JEWISH NEIGHBORHOODS FROM THE EAST JERUSALEM ELECTRIC COMPANY (WHICH HAVE CAUSED RUMORS ABOUT TAKING OVER IT) CONTRIBUTED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SPIRITS OF THE PALESTINIANS.
DECREASING GDP PER CAPITA AFTER 15 YEARS OF GROWTH – IN THE EARLY 1980S – THE NATURAL GROWTH RATE OF THE RESIDENTS OF JUDEA, SAMARIA AND THE GAZA STRIP DUE TO IMPROVED MEDICAL SERVICES AND DECREASED MORTALITY. IN ADDITION, THE DECLINE IN REVENUES OF ARAB COUNTRIES FROM OIL RESULTED IN A SHARP DECLINE IN MIGRATION OUTSIDE AND FURTHER GROWTH IN THE POPULATION. THE SCOPE OF GROWTH IN JUDEA, SAMARIA, AND THE GAZA STRIP WAS REDUCED FOR THE FIRST TIME TO DECLINE IN GDP PER CAPITA. UNEMPLOYMENT HAS GROWN, PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN POPULATION EDUCATION AND THE REFUSAL OF EDUCATED YOUNG PEOPLE TO WORK IN SIMPLE JOBS, THE ONLY JOBS OFFERED TO THEM. WHILE THE SITUATION OF THE ARABS OF JUDEA, SAMARIA AND GAZA WAS BETTER THAN IN THE ARAB COUNTRIES, THE POINT OF THEIR ETHOS WAS THE ISRAELI ECONOMY IN WHICH MANY OF THEM WORKED, AND IN REGARD TO WHICH THEY SAW THEMSELVES AS MODERATE.
COMPLAINTS REGARDING ISRAELI EXPLOITATION OF PALESTINIAN RESOURCES – IT IS ARGUED THAT ISRAEL DID NOT USE ALL OF THE TAX FUNDS THAT HAVE COMMITTED FROM PALESTINIANS TO THE NEEDS OF THE PALESTINIAN POPULATION (THOUGH ITS PUBLIC STATEMENTS ON THIS). IN ADDITION, THE PROHIBITION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF WATER SOURCES AND LOW TARIFFS OF WATER TO THE PALESTINIANS COMPARED TO ISRAELI CITIZENS CONTRIBUTED TO THE FEELING THAT ISRAEL EXPLOITS THE RESIDENTS OF JUDEA, SAMARIA, AND GAZA TO THE METMETER