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1
Q

How was the Second Intifada caused?

A

When Ariel Sharon visited Temple Mount and made a provocative statement claiming that the heart of Jerusalem was Jewish and would be Israeli

2
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What is one reason for Palestinians to employ violence? (Anger and frustration)

A
  • Palestinians were disappointed in the lack of progress since Oslo
  • despised Israel’s support for new settlers
3
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What is one reason for Palestinians to employ violence? (Jihadism)

A
  • 9/11 and Osama bin Laden inspired many Palestinians to see Israel as evil and believed in its complete destruction
4
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What is one reason for Palestinians to employ violence? (Israeli provocation)

A

Before an Israeli had been killed, the IDF fire 1.3 million bullets

5
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What is one reason for Palestinians to employ violence? (Arafat’s weaknesses)

A
  • Arafat had no control over Islamic Jihad or HAMAS

- a younger, more violent generation was eager to take Arafat’s place using violent means

6
Q

When was Ariel Sharon elected president?

A

February 2001

7
Q

How did Sharon deal with Palestinian attacks?

A
  • used tear gas and live ammunition
  • mass arrests of suspects
  • multiple Palestinian leaders were targeted for assassination
8
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What was the Black March of 2002?

A
  • Palestinian attack
  • killed 111 Israelis
  • injured 560 Israelis
9
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What was operation ‘Defensive Shield’?

A
  • Israeli troops forcibly reoccupied the six largest Palestinian cities in the West Bank
10
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What happened during operation ‘Defensive Shield’?

A
  • 2 months of strict curfews were implemented
  • 500 Palestinians were killed
  • 1,500 Palestinians were injured
11
Q

What did Arafat build to prevent further suicide bombings?

A

a massive security fence separating Israelis and Palestinians

12
Q

How did the world react to the Second Intifada?

A
  • hardened empathy for Palestine due to the brutal methods and number of casualties
13
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How many Palestinians were killed?

A

5000

14
Q

Unemployment rate rose from __% to __%

A

10, 25

15
Q

__% of Palestinians were living in poverty

A

60

16
Q

About ___ homes were destroyed

A

5000

17
Q

What brought negative publicity for Palestinians?

A

brutal methods and suicide bombings

18
Q

How many Israelis died?

A

around 1000

19
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How much % of Israelis unemployed?

A

10%

20
Q

__% lived in poverty

A

30

21
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What brought negative publicity for Israelis?

A

Harsh tactics