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The Hidden Hand behind the Palestinian Terror Wave

The Hidden Hand behind the Palestinian Terror Wave

October 25, 2015 | Lt. Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi
Hamas tries to spark an intifada in the West Bank and Jerusalem
One Year of Yasser Arafat’s Intifada: How It Started and How It Might End

One Year of Yasser Arafat’s Intifada: How It Started and How It Might End

October 1, 2001
The first anniversary of the current Palestinian Intifada was marked on September 28, 2001, throughout parts of the Arab world. The date was chosen to correspond to Ariel Sharon's visit to the Temple Mount one year ago, when he served as head of Israel's parliamentary opposition. Because of the alleged proximity of his visit to the Al-Aqsa Mosque (he actually did not get near the Muslim shrines), the Palestinians called their uprising: the Al-Aqsa Intifada. But clearly this name was chosen in order to mobilize Arab and Islamic public opinion for a more general struggle over Jerusalem rather than over the Palestinian cause alone.