First Intifada

1987–1993 · 20th century · Also known as Intifada of 1987

The First Intifada was the Palestinian uprising against Israeli rule in the West Bank and Gaza that began in December 1987 with strikes, boycotts, stone-throwing and mass protest, much of it organised locally rather than by the PLO abroad. Israel could not suppress it quickly, and the images it produced changed world opinion, strengthened Palestinian claims to self-rule, and helped push both sides towards the negotiations that produced the Oslo Accords of 1993.

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