This week marks the 33 yrs since the First Intifada began. First Intifada was a sustained series of Palestinian protests, and in some cases violent riots, against the Israeli occupation. 3 decades later, the struggle for Palestinian freedom continues!
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The intifada began on 9 Dec 1987 in the Jabalia refugee camp after an Israeli Defense Forces(IDF) truck collided with a civilian car, killing four Palestinian workers, three of whom were from the Jabalia refugee camp...1/n

The Palestinian response was characterized by protests, civil disobedience, and violence. There was graffiti, barricading and widespread throwing of stones and Molotov cocktails (petrol bomb) at the IDF and its infrastructure within the West Bank and Gaza Strip...2/n

These contrasted with civil efforts including general strikes, boycotts of Israeli Civil Administration institutions in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, an economic boycott consisting of refusal to work in Israeli settlements on Israeli products, and refusal to pay taxes...3/n

Israel deployed some 80,000 soldiers in response. Israeli countermeasures, which initially included the use of live rounds frequently in riots, were criticized as disproportionate. The IDF's rules of engagement were also criticized as too liberally employing lethal force...4/n