Instead, Arafat failed to condemn violence against Israelis and did not accept Resolution 242 until 1988, when he was trying to prove his relevance given the impact of First Intifada — grassroots uprising initiated and organized by Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza, not by Arafat. ... ..…
Once again, the writing on the wall was ignored and the 0s wars Lebanon ensued, along with the first large-scale Palestinian uprising against Israel in West Bank and Gaza at the turn of the 0s. the vital relief agency for Palestine refugees since 1948, and has refused to make further..…
I fail to understand how occupation of West Bank and East Jerusalem and siege of Gaza keeps Israel safe. ..…
It is however remarkable how exactly the same arguments are repeated by Israelis and their supporters who make a variety of ahistoric claims: that the Naqba never happened, that the Palestinians always lived herded together in the Gaza strip, that there is no such thing as a Palestinian identity, and..…