Publication

This monograph explores the intertwined intra-Palestinian and Israeli-Palestinian dynamics that evolved with the outbreak of the uprisings in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in late 1987 and the fall of 2000. It examines the two uprisings and the rounds of the Israeli-Palestinian confrontation they embodied as an historical continuum and shows that both uprisings erupted against different regional and international circumstances. The author concludes that the features of the uprisings and their political ramifications were driven increasingly by the internal Palestinian struggle, and in particular by the changes that occurred in the balance of power among the leading Palestinian camps.