Word: palestinians
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first day, it seemed an exaggeration to say that the intifadeh had returned, that the Palestinians had resumed their six-year, rocks-and-bottle uprising against Israeli occupation. Still, in Jerusalem, stones had flown and sticks had flailed as Palestinian protesters battled Israeli cops. But that was all. By the second day, however, the violence had spread, shots had been fired, four people were dead and the term intifadeh was no longer an overstatement. On Day 3, a new description would be required for the confrontation raging between Israelis and Palestinians. There was no other word...
...once been an impossibility, since only the Israeli side was armed. But with the onset of Palestinian self-rule two years ago, Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority, with Israeli acquiescence, has amassed security forces numbering at least 30,000. Last week they turned their weapons on the Israelis, prompting, for the first time, a head-on clash between the two armies. By week's end, when hostilities had calmed to a simmer, 59 Palestinians and 14 Israelis had been killed and nearly a thousand others injured throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Not since the 1967 Arab-Israeli...
...statement said the opening of the tunnel was "ill-timed" and expressed "solidarity with Palestinian police officers who exercised restraint and intervened to end the attacks...
Goldstein praised HSI's efforts, noting the rally's recognition of Palestinian police officers who tried to stop the violence and its emphasis on resolution through negotiation...
This Sunday, Tadros will meet with Hillel leaders to plan a brunch to facilitate dialogue between Palestinian and Israeli supporters...