What started “the first intifada” in 1987?
In December 1987, a collective Palestinian popular uprising erupted against Israel in the West Bank and Gaza areas. This period of violence is known as the Intifada, or “shaking off.” At first a spontaneous outburst instigated by false rumors and incitement by Muslim clerics, the Intifada quickly developed into a well-organized rebellion orchestrated by the PLO from its headquarters in Tunis. Masses of civilians attacked Israeli troops with stones, axes, Molotov cocktails, hand grenades, and firearms supplied by the Fatah, killing and wounding soldiers and civilians. Israeli troops, trained for combat with opposing armies, were not well prepared to fight this kind of war.
The original outbreak was a misunderstanding seized upon as a pretext. On December 6, 1987, an Israeli was stabbed to death while shopping in Gaza. The next day, four residents of the Jabalya refugee camp in Gaza were killed in a traffic accident. Rumors spread that the four had been killed by Israelis as a deliberate act of revenge. Mass rioting broke out in Jabalya on the morning of December 9, during which a 17-year-old threw a Molotov cocktail at an army patrol and was killed by an IDF soldier. His death became the trigger for large-scale riots that engulfed the West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem.
Once the violence started, each incident provided rumor material to keep the violence going. Accumulated frustrations of the Palestinians, largely the result of their own leader’s policies, were vented against the Israelis. As the intifada ran its course from 1987 to 1993, the level of violence and the degree to which it was organized and coordinated by the PLO only increased.
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Those are just Israeli’s bluffs to hide the fact they committed the crime but as usual their father USA will always stand upon them. if you ask me it’s the interference of USA and its constant support for Israel that makes the situation becomes even much worse in the region. let the Jews stand alone and don’t act as if it’s one of the states of USA for god’s sake the Palestinians also have the right of that mighty land, weren’t they also the sons of Abraham?
I know for a fact that everything they say is true…but…they do not tell the whole truth. like how many Palestinians troops killed, or who were throwing the stones.
So those who commented already..it isn’t a lie. they are just warping the truth
And i am a christian, and since most of Americans are Christians it is our duty to protect both Israel and Palestine. And the land does NOT only belong to the Jews!
The article is just israeli propaganda to change the truth , and justify all the crimes they did. This is funny.
All the above is a joke fabricated by Israelis to make themselves look good! Israel is the joke of the century