Kindling, Catalyst, and Containment: Will the West Bank Ignite?

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The article examines whether escalating settler violence and restrictions on Palestinian daily life in the West Bank could trigger another intifada. It contrasts the largely nonviolent, civil-society-led first uprising with the more violent second intifada, while considering the conditions that could lead to renewed unrest.

As violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank has escalated, often with the acquiescence or support of Israel’s military, and the Israeli government has increasingly constricted Palestinian daily life, the potential for a new intifada — or uprising — has intensified. The first Palestinian intifada began in late 1987 and continued for several years. Civil society played a major role in organizing the first intifada, which started as mostly nonviolent and included economic measures such as strikes and boycotts. The second intifada broke out in 2000 and lasted into 2005. It was much more violent than the The post Kindling, Catalyst, and Containment: Will the West Bank Ignite? appeared first on War on the Rocks.