Effects of the first Intifada
EFFECTS OF THE FIRST INTIFADA
There have been many conflicts between Israel and Palestine, all of which were caused by Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip and West Bank. This uprising has the name of “ Intifada ” . As a result of the first intifada between this two nations, are the death of innocent people, the creation of Hamas, a radical and fundamentalist Palestine group and the Oslo agreement.
The Intifada was a conflict that encouraged Palestinians to show their feelings, through a movement of nationalism, for the territories that belonged to them. Not only adults participated in this war , “the Intifada largely consisted of Palestinian boys, teenagers, and college-aged kids throwing rocks at the most powerful military force in the Middle East” (Efaw 1). At the beginning this was not considered a war, it was just a confrontation of different ideologies. Protests made by people, including methods of nonviolence, demonstrated the overriding ideology. Later, protests took the form of strikes, boycotts, and other civil disobedience techniques (Kuttab 2). This situation led this conflict to a long war.
One of the most common consequenses of war is the death of people, especially children. The first intifada was not an exception; there were a lot of inocent people who were killed by bombs and some other weapons like guns and stones. There is an example of the tragic death of eight Palestinian workers after they were hit by an Israeli truck driver. “The strategy that the Minister Yitzhak Rabin from Israel used to kill Palestinians, consisted in encouraging soldiers to break the bones of Palestinian protesters . An Israeli camera operator for CBS filmed a 45-minute ordeal in which Israeli soldiers used rocks to break the bones of bound Palestinian youths” (3).
The first Intifada affected many aspects like the economy and the policy, but the most important was the social one. Families were destroyed by unnecessary deaths of relatives , and all these situations generated hatred and a feeling of revenge in the hearts of people. Psychological damage also affected people who survived to the war because all these experiences made them live with fear and with mental disorders contributing to a backwardness , because living in this situation is difficult to contribute with the progress in a country. Israel's purpose is to integrate the territories that are occupied by palestinians, to reduce or eliminate the population and any manifestation of Palestinian nationalism or culture. This has always been the case (Greene 4). If they keep on thinking the same, the war will never end and innocent people will keep on dying.
The creation of Hamas is another effect of the first Intifada. Hamas is a radical and fundamentalist Palestinian group. They have two ideologies violence and politis , mainly including terrorism, to pursue their goal of establishing an Islamic Palestinian state in Israel. All what they do is to defend their interests of having their own nation, but the situation that surrounds them is what really made them do terrible things such as behaving like terrorists. “Hamas receives some funding from Iran but primarily relies on donations from Palestinian expatriates around the world and private benefactors in Saudi Arabia and other Arab states. Some fundraising and propaganda activity take place in Western Europe and North America” (Terrorist Group Profiles 5). Since the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, Hamas has taken part in local elections and won many seats in areas like Gaza, Qalqilya and Nablus (Who are Hamas? 6).
Every country that has participated in a world war know the importance of arriving at an agreement , because this is what could take them to a new beginning and start again, to contribute to the progress of their own countries. As a result of the first Intifada , pressure grew to reach a peace process between Israel and Palestine. Both countries wanted to discuss their problem in a bilateral way. The United States pressed Arabs and Israelis to pursue peace. For the first time, all sides sat together to discuss. This opportunity made a little progress and opened the way for future agreements. This agreement happened in 1993 and is well known as the Oslo Process. As soon as these two countries started the Oslo process, Palestinians took advantage by intensifying colonization and building an infrastructure designed to facilitate its military control over these territories (Achcar 7). Hamas became the first opponent of the Oslo accords. Despite many Israeli operations against Hamas by Yasser Arafat's Palestinian National Authority, Hamas found it had an effective power of veto over the process by suicide attacks. (Who are Hamas? 8) as a consequence, both sides ended up deeply disappointed in the results of the Oslo Accords.
The first Intifada was a failure. Through all those years of struggle and war they did not achieved anything , only the survival of some few and the destruction of many families left with feelings of revenge. This was a conflict definitely without sense , because at the end, both sides lost and none of them reached their purpose. The result of the first intifada between Israel and Palestine, left the creation of Hamas, the Oslo agreement and death of innocent people, not only this, but the continuing disagreement between the two nations contributed to a second Intifada.
WORKS CITED
1.Efaw, Jamie. “Palestinian Psychological Operation the First Intifada, Comentary and Analysis”. 31 January 2005. <
2. Kuttab, Daoud. “The Two Intifadas: Differing Shades of Resistance” tactics. Information Brief No. 66, 8 February 2001. <http://www.thejerusalemfund.org/carryover/pubs/20010208ib.html>
3. “The Two Intifadas: Differing Shades of Resistance” , lasting images, Information Brief No. 66, 8 February 2001. <http://www.thejerusalemfund.org/carryover/pubs/20010208ib.html>
4. Greene, Susan R. “ A Window on Palestine”. slingshot@tao.ca
5. “Terrorist Group Profiles”. Country Reports on Terrorism. 2004. United States Department of State, April 2005.
6. Who are Hamas? / 26 January 2006
7. Achcar, Gilbert. “First Reflections On The Electoral Victory Of Hamas” 27 January 2006 <>
8. “Who are Hamas?” / Opponent of Oslo . 26 January 2006
There have been many conflicts between Israel and Palestine, all of which were caused by Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip and West Bank. This uprising has the name of “ Intifada ” . As a result of the first intifada between this two nations, are the death of innocent people, the creation of Hamas, a radical and fundamentalist Palestine group and the Oslo agreement.
The Intifada was a conflict that encouraged Palestinians to show their feelings, through a movement of nationalism, for the territories that belonged to them. Not only adults participated in this war , “the Intifada largely consisted of Palestinian boys, teenagers, and college-aged kids throwing rocks at the most powerful military force in the Middle East” (Efaw 1). At the beginning this was not considered a war, it was just a confrontation of different ideologies. Protests made by people, including methods of nonviolence, demonstrated the overriding ideology. Later, protests took the form of strikes, boycotts, and other civil disobedience techniques (Kuttab 2). This situation led this conflict to a long war.
One of the most common consequenses of war is the death of people, especially children. The first intifada was not an exception; there were a lot of inocent people who were killed by bombs and some other weapons like guns and stones. There is an example of the tragic death of eight Palestinian workers after they were hit by an Israeli truck driver. “The strategy that the Minister Yitzhak Rabin from Israel used to kill Palestinians, consisted in encouraging soldiers to break the bones of Palestinian protesters . An Israeli camera operator for CBS filmed a 45-minute ordeal in which Israeli soldiers used rocks to break the bones of bound Palestinian youths” (3).
The first Intifada affected many aspects like the economy and the policy, but the most important was the social one. Families were destroyed by unnecessary deaths of relatives , and all these situations generated hatred and a feeling of revenge in the hearts of people. Psychological damage also affected people who survived to the war because all these experiences made them live with fear and with mental disorders contributing to a backwardness , because living in this situation is difficult to contribute with the progress in a country. Israel's purpose is to integrate the territories that are occupied by palestinians, to reduce or eliminate the population and any manifestation of Palestinian nationalism or culture. This has always been the case (Greene 4). If they keep on thinking the same, the war will never end and innocent people will keep on dying.
The creation of Hamas is another effect of the first Intifada. Hamas is a radical and fundamentalist Palestinian group. They have two ideologies violence and politis , mainly including terrorism, to pursue their goal of establishing an Islamic Palestinian state in Israel. All what they do is to defend their interests of having their own nation, but the situation that surrounds them is what really made them do terrible things such as behaving like terrorists. “Hamas receives some funding from Iran but primarily relies on donations from Palestinian expatriates around the world and private benefactors in Saudi Arabia and other Arab states. Some fundraising and propaganda activity take place in Western Europe and North America” (Terrorist Group Profiles 5). Since the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, Hamas has taken part in local elections and won many seats in areas like Gaza, Qalqilya and Nablus (Who are Hamas? 6).
Every country that has participated in a world war know the importance of arriving at an agreement , because this is what could take them to a new beginning and start again, to contribute to the progress of their own countries. As a result of the first Intifada , pressure grew to reach a peace process between Israel and Palestine. Both countries wanted to discuss their problem in a bilateral way. The United States pressed Arabs and Israelis to pursue peace. For the first time, all sides sat together to discuss. This opportunity made a little progress and opened the way for future agreements. This agreement happened in 1993 and is well known as the Oslo Process. As soon as these two countries started the Oslo process, Palestinians took advantage by intensifying colonization and building an infrastructure designed to facilitate its military control over these territories (Achcar 7). Hamas became the first opponent of the Oslo accords. Despite many Israeli operations against Hamas by Yasser Arafat's Palestinian National Authority, Hamas found it had an effective power of veto over the process by suicide attacks. (Who are Hamas? 8) as a consequence, both sides ended up deeply disappointed in the results of the Oslo Accords.
The first Intifada was a failure. Through all those years of struggle and war they did not achieved anything , only the survival of some few and the destruction of many families left with feelings of revenge. This was a conflict definitely without sense , because at the end, both sides lost and none of them reached their purpose. The result of the first intifada between Israel and Palestine, left the creation of Hamas, the Oslo agreement and death of innocent people, not only this, but the continuing disagreement between the two nations contributed to a second Intifada.
WORKS CITED
1.Efaw, Jamie. “Palestinian Psychological Operation the First Intifada, Comentary and Analysis”. 31 January 2005. <
2. Kuttab, Daoud. “The Two Intifadas: Differing Shades of Resistance” tactics. Information Brief No. 66, 8 February 2001. <http://www.thejerusalemfund.org/carryover/pubs/20010208ib.html>
3. “The Two Intifadas: Differing Shades of Resistance” , lasting images, Information Brief No. 66, 8 February 2001. <http://www.thejerusalemfund.org/carryover/pubs/20010208ib.html>
4. Greene, Susan R. “ A Window on Palestine”. slingshot@tao.ca
5. “Terrorist Group Profiles”. Country Reports on Terrorism. 2004. United States Department of State, April 2005.
6. Who are Hamas? / 26 January 2006
7. Achcar, Gilbert. “First Reflections On The Electoral Victory Of Hamas” 27 January 2006 <>
8. “Who are Hamas?” / Opponent of Oslo . 26 January 2006
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