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Conflict Middle East

First Intifada

1987 CE – 1993 CE · 6 years

A sustained Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Mass protests, strikes, and stone-throwing by largely unarmed civilians pressured Israel toward the Oslo Accords peace process.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Palestinian population
  • Israel

Key moments

Defining events in the First Intifada.

  1. 1987 Jabalia refugee camp uprising
  2. 1988-1989 Widespread general strikes

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Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1987 CE and 1993 CE.

1987 CE Bahá'í Gardens 1988 CE Nagorno-Karabakh Wars 1990 CE Gulf War 1988 CE Bougainville Civil War 1989 CE Liberian Civil Wars

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

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