Intifada
History of Palestine
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| | 1987 | Arafat, Yasser | |
| Dec Arafat launches the 1st Antifada |
| 1987 | Rantissi, Abdel Aziz al- | |
| 23rd Oct Gazarip 4 children of the Jabalya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip are run over by an Israeli truck, Rantissi, Sheikh Ahmad Yassin, 'Abdel Fattah Dukhan, Mohammed Shama', ,Ibrahim al-Yazour, Issa al-Najjar, & Salah Shehadeh begin the intifada |
| 23rd Oct Gazarip Start of the first intifada, under Rantissi's leadership the organization becomes known as Hamas , formed later in the year, "Intifada" is the Arabic word for "uprising" |
| 2004 | Abbas, Mahmoud | |
| 14th Dec Abbas calls for an end to violence in the Al-Aqsa Intifada and a return to peaceful resistance |
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