17 Facts About Second Intifada

Second Intifada, known as the Al-Aqsa Intifada, was a major Palestinian uprising against Israel.

Second Intifada refers to a second Palestinian uprising, following the first Palestinian uprising, which occurred between December 1987 and 1993.

Al-Aqsa Second Intifada refers to the Al-Aqsa Compound, the place where the intifada started.

Second Intifada is sometimes called the Oslo War by some Israelis who consider it to be the result of concessions made by Israel following the Oslo Accords, and Arafat's War, after the late Palestinian leader whom some blamed for starting it.

Marwan Barghouti said that although Sharon's provocative actions were a rallying point for Palestinians, the Second Intifada would have erupted even had he not visited the Temple Mount.

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Second Intifada told Barak that "continu to fire from helicopters on people throwing rocks" and refusing an international inquiry was tantamount to rejecting Arafat's offer to participate in trilateral negotiations.

Second Intifada's had contacted Ofir on the internet and engaged in an online romance with him for several months.

Second Intifada's eventually convinced him to drive to Ramallah to meet her, where he was instead ambushed by three Palestinian gunmen and shot over fifteen times.

Second Intifada was later arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Second Intifada claimed that withdrawing from the Gaza Strip without a peace agreement would reward terror.

Second Intifada's platform was of a peaceful negotiation with Israel and non-violence to achieve Palestinian objectives.

Second Intifada fired senior commanders in the Palestinian security apparatus.

Second Intifada reasoned that suicide bombing was the best criterion, being arguably the most important element of second intifada-related violence, and that according to this criterion the intifada ended during 2005.

Al-Zahar is corroborated by Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of the Hamas founder and leader, Sheikh Hassan Yousef, who claims that the Second Intifada was a political maneuver premeditated by Arafat.

However, Zakaria Zubeidi, former leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, considers the Second Intifada to be a total failure that achieved nothing for the Palestinians.

Casualty data for the Second Intifada has been reported by a variety of sources and though there is general agreement regarding the overall number of dead, the statistical picture is blurred by disparities in how different types of casualties are counted and categorized.

Unlike the First Intifada, a Palestinian civil uprising mainly focused on mass protests and general strikes, the Second Intifada rapidly turned into an armed conflict between Palestinian militant groups and the Israel Defense Forces.