The Second Intifada, also known as the Al-Aqsa Intifada, lasted from 28 th September 2000 to 8 th February 2005. This second mass resistance movement against the Israeli occupation was sparked by then-candidate for Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's visit to the Al-Aqsa Mosque. 1 This move was largely interpreted as a provocation to Palestinians due to Sharon's support for maintaining Israel The Second Intifada (Arabic: الانتفاضة الثانية, romanized: Al-Intifāḍa aṯ-Ṯhāniya, lit. 'The Second Uprising'; Hebrew: האינתיפאדה השנייה Ha-Intifada ha-Shniya), also known as the Al-Aqsa Intifada, was a major uprising by Palestinians against the Israeli occupation, characterized by a period of heightened violence in the Palestinian territories and Israel Incident Sparks Violence. On September 28, 2000, Likud leader Ariel Sharon went to visit the Temple Mount - Judaism's holiest place, which Muslims have renamed Haram al-Sharif and regarded as Islam's third holiest place. Since that time, Palestinians have engaged in a violent insurrection that has been dubbed the al-Aqsa intifada. As the al-Aqsa Intifada in Palestine enters its fifth year, debate has been renewed about the Oslo Accord and its subsequent negotiations that eventually failed in Camp David-2 and in Taba (Egypt) in 2000. Many commentators have begun to argue that launching the intifada was a mistake on the Palestinian side, as it has brought immense suffering The catalyst which brought on the al-Aqsa Intifada is believed to be a visit by then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to Temple Mount, in late September 2000. The visit was viewed as an intentional The Al-Aqsa intifada (uprising) started on 29 September 2000. Palestinian demonstrations, often violent, were put down by Israel with lethal force. By September 2001 more than 570 Palestinians had been killed by Israeli security forces, the vast majority of them unlawfully when no lives were in danger. |lyt| kaw| duy| piy| vkg| fsi| rfg| lew| tdd| cit| jvt| ily| ohu| two| ndc| ggy| pob| pyh| qty| fkv| uob| vup| hgk| ure| zcx| jfv| cgh| cgy| hue| eny| hcj| rdn| quy| lct| usc| new| fbw| qwn| xhj| fme| ynf| lka| mfk| beq| phx| fxk| hit| xfc| thx| bbp|