The first intifada in 1987 and the second one starting in 2000 were inspiring uprisings of resistance on the part of Palestinians in response to the rapid growth of Israeli settlements in West Bank and Gaza following Israel's occupation of those territories in 1967. ..…
The first thing that is notable about Tunisian and Egyptian revolts is that they reveal, after drought, the capacity of the masses to overthrow unstoppable, seemingly unshakable dictators. ..…
From Israeli on Lebanon in 1982 and its siege of Beirut and massacres in Sabra and Shatila Palestinian refugee camps to the war on Gaza in 2008 09, Mubarak regime continued its role as facilitator and in the region.. ..…