ME5 - The Second Intifada

Question 1

How was the Second Intifada caused?

Answer 1

When Ariel Sharon visited Temple Mount and made a provocative statement claiming that the heart of Jerusalem was Jewish and would be Israeli

Question 2

What is one reason for Palestinians to employ violence? (Anger and frustration)

Answer 2

• Palestinians were disappointed in the lack of progress since Oslo
• despised Israel’s support for new settlers

Question 3

What is one reason for Palestinians to employ violence? (Jihadism)

Answer 3

• 9/11 and Osama bin Laden inspired many Palestinians to see Israel as evil and believed in its complete destruction

Question 4

What is one reason for Palestinians to employ violence? (Israeli provocation)

Answer 4

Before an Israeli had been killed, the IDF fire 1.3 million bullets

Question 5

What is one reason for Palestinians to employ violence? (Arafat’s weaknesses)

Answer 5

• Arafat had no control over Islamic Jihad or HAMAS

- a younger, more violent generation was eager to take Arafat’s place using violent means

Question 6

When was Ariel Sharon elected president?

Answer 6

February 2001

Question 7

How did Sharon deal with Palestinian attacks?

Answer 7

• used tear gas and live ammunition
• mass arrests of suspects
• multiple Palestinian leaders were targeted for assassination

Question 8

What was the Black March of 2002?

Answer 8

• Palestinian attack
• killed 111 Israelis
• injured 560 Israelis

Question 9

What was operation ‘Defensive Shield’?

Answer 9

• Israeli troops forcibly reoccupied the six largest Palestinian cities in the West Bank

Question 10

What happened during operation ‘Defensive Shield’?

Answer 10

• 2 months of strict curfews were implemented
• 500 Palestinians were killed
• 1,500 Palestinians were injured

Question 11

What did Arafat build to prevent further suicide bombings?

Answer 11

a massive security fence separating Israelis and Palestinians

Question 12

How did the world react to the Second Intifada?

Answer 12

• hardened empathy for Palestine due to the brutal methods and number of casualties

Question 13

How many Palestinians were killed?

Answer 13

5000

Question 14

Unemployment rate rose from __% to __%

Answer 14

10, 25

Question 15

__% of Palestinians were living in poverty

Answer 15

60

Question 16

About ___ homes were destroyed

Answer 16

5000

Question 17

What brought negative publicity for Palestinians?

Answer 17

brutal methods and suicide bombings

Question 18

How many Israelis died?

Answer 18

around 1000

Question 19

How much % of Israelis unemployed?

Answer 19

10%

Question 20

__% lived in poverty

Answer 20

30

Question 21

What brought negative publicity for Israelis?

Answer 21

Harsh tactics