First Intifada Flashcards
When was a political challenge to Israeli rule posed?
1976 mayoral elections
Who argues that the timing of the intifada was determined by Palestinians keeping a close eye on Israeli politics and deciding the time was right?
Almi
What was Skocpol’s theory of revolutions suggest about the timing of the intifada?
Relative to characters of political space permitted by government regime for expression I discontent (lustick)
Who argues that the intifada was an acceleration of ongoing processes of resistance?
Nassar and Heacock
Who argues the intifada was a watershed in the Palestinian historical quest for independence?
Abu-Lughod
What can the intifada be seen as readfirming?
That fundamental cause of conflict is persistent colonial denial of right to self determination
Who argues that the intifada was a “people’s revolution”?
Ben-Efret
Who comparsa intifada to the 1936\9 rebellion?
Abu Lughod
What did Israel use to crush the intifada which had also been used by the British?
Defense regulations
What prison was used by both the British and Israelis?
Sarafand
What were established in the first months of the intifada?
Liberated zones in towns villages camps
Who argues that the elaborate system of collaborators and informers was on the verge of collapse in the intifada?
Lustick
In what camp did four gazans die in a motor accident?
Jebalya Camp
Who emphasised the collective cumulative rage of Palestinians?
Schiff and Ya’ari
What disappointed Palestinians in 1987?
Amman Summit
Who stresses the growth of grassroots organisations and their service provision from the late 1970s?
McDowell
Who has focussed on the impact of popular organisations as crucial innovations?
Hilternann, hunter, tamari, McDowell
Who is very critical of the PLO for smothering the development of nationalist consciousness?
Tamari
What did lustick identify as a major game changer?
1977 Likud victory - could no longer “get by”
Who does tamari argue did less well following the Likud’s victory and why?
Merchants and urban bourgeoisie - value added tax, intensified tax collection activities
Who argues that before the intifada the occupation wasn’t an economic Burden for Israel?
Shehadah
How do Farsoun and Landis conceptualise the intifada?
Rebellion against colonial occupation closely akin to national liberation struggles in the colonised world
Who blamed “the occupation”?
Peretz
Who has criticised the “volcanic model”?
Aya
Who advocates the “political process model”?
Farsoun and Landis
What three core things were integral to leading to the intifada?
Political suppression, economic exploitation and institutional destructing
When does Benvenisti argue began a cycle of violence?
1981
When did Israel adopt iron fist II?
1985
who argues there were elements of social revolt in the intifada?
Schiff and Yaari
Who argues that the infrastructure, both geographically and functionally, of popular committees and associations both strengthened and expanded?
Peretz
What fraction of Nablus’s population was hospitalised for wounds?
5%
What fraction passed through th military court system in the first years?
1/4
What was the impact on average incomes?
Dropped to 1/3-1/2 of in 1987
Who argues that the PLO wasn’t interested in leading the Palestinians towards civil revolt?
Ben-efret
What three tiers of leadership were identified by Lustick?
Popular committees at neighbourhood/village/camp level; underground (UNLU) and PLO
What do Schiff and Ya’ari argue about leadership?
Praise UNLU for courage, sophistication and effectiveness but see PLO as jealous and undeserving reps
Which historians argue that the intifada was spontaneous but he product of a partnership between inside:outside leadership cadres affiliated with PLO/factions?
Baumgarten, Peretz, khalidi
Who argues the intifada was instigated according to a plan by Arafat?
Baumgarten
Who argues that steps towards overcoming factionalism at PLO congress in 1987 were key to the intifada?
Hiltermann
Who shows that the PLO delayed growth of popular organisations and encouraged jealous rivalries and competition?
Hunter
What demand by the local leadership was quashed by the PLO?
Municipal elections
Who argues that the UNC increasingly made references to the PLO?
Mishal
What, according to Teitelbaum, reflects chihuahua degree of unity under Arafat?
Successful convening of Pnc 1988 and overwhelming support in favour kf recognition of Israel
What percentage of local leaders were imprisoned in the preceding decades?
90%
Where established it’s own liberated zone in February 1988?
Salfit
Who shows the reluctance OF PCOI to get involved?
Rouhana
Who feared that the success of the intifada would less to Israeli efforts to marginalise the PLO by replaing the problem of refugees, self-determination etc with just WBG?
Baumgarten, Khalidi, jarbawi
Who sees the intifada as part of the glbal trend towards democratisation ?
Lustick
What successfully enabled the first intifada to polarise the Israeli public unlike the second, according to Frisch?
Limited terrorism
