Intifada

Ariel Sharon On Visiting the Temple Mount

Ariel Sharon On Visiting the Temple Mount

This video clip (01:21) from September 29, 2000 features Ariel Sharon, then Israel’s opposition leader, explaining his controversial visit one day earlier to the Temple Mount. Citing the holiness of the site in Jewish

PA Minister Claims Intifada Already Planned When Arafat Returned from Camp David

PA Minister Claims Intifada Already Planned When Arafat Returned from Camp David

This short clip (0:45) from December 5, 2000 presents Imad Falugi, the Palestinian Authority’s Minister of Communications, revealing that the Second Intifada was not started because of Ariel Sharon’s visit to Al-Aqsa Mosque on September 28,

Palestinian Posters from the First Intifada

Palestinian Posters from the First Intifada

This post presents eight Palestinian posters from the First Intifada from the Palestinian Liberation Movement Collection in Yale University’s library. Among the images are those advocating violent resistance against Israel, those highlighting the

Shlomo Artzi: New Land

Shlomo Artzi: New Land

Released during the First Intifada, this song is written as a continuous conversation between fathers and sons over the course of generations as they journey toward “a new land.” It subtly explores controversial

Nurit Galron: After We’re Gone, Let the Flood Come

Nurit Galron: After We’re Gone, Let the Flood Come

Released by Israeli singer Nurit Galron during the First Intifada, this controversial song criticised the Israeli public (and those living in the bubble of Tel Aviv, specifically) for willfully ignoring the effects of the

Where Are The Millions? A Lebanese Song from the First Intifada

Where Are The Millions? A Lebanese Song from the First Intifada

Written and performed by Lebanese resistance singer, Julia Burtrus, this song, which became popular during the First Intifada, encourages both the Arab masses and Palestinians to join the revolution, fight against Israel and even

Hamas & Fatah: 25 Venomous Years

Hamas & Fatah: 25 Venomous Years

Produced by Euronews, this video (02:27) provides a basic introduction to Hamas, including the origins, strategy, ideology and leadership of the organization, recognized as a terrorist organization by many countries. The video provides

Intifada: An Israeli Computer Game from The First Intifada

Intifada: An Israeli Computer Game from The First Intifada

This video (08:43) presents a computer game released in Israel during the First Intifada, in which the player is an Israeli soldier whose mission is to stop the rioting and stay alive, while avoiding

Chava Alberstein: Had Gadya

Chava Alberstein: Had Gadya

Written by Chava Alberstein during the First Intifada, Had Gadya is based on an Aramaic song from the Passover Haggadah. While Alberstein’s lyrics mostly come from the traditional text, the original song ends

Yitzhak Rabin’s “Iron Fist” Policy Splits Israelis

Yitzhak Rabin’s “Iron Fist” Policy Splits Israelis

Published in the Chicago Tribune during the First Intifada, this article presents the mixed Israeli response to then-Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s orders to respond to the Palestinian uprising with an Iron Fist policy of