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יואב גוטרמן / Israel Defense Forces · CC BY-SA 3.0
Conflict Middle East

Second Intifada

2000 CE – 2005 CE · 5 years

The al-Aqsa Intifada turned the Israeli-Palestinian conflict into years of suicide bombings, urban raids, targeted killings and heavy fighting across the West Bank and Gaza.

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Second Intifada on Wikipedia.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Israel
  • Palestinian militant groups and factions

Key moments

Defining events in the Second Intifada.

  1. 2002 Battle of Jenin
  2. 2002 Siege of Ramallah
  3. 2002 Siege of the Church of the Nativity

Elsewhere in Middle East at the time

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Landmark · Middle East

Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque

2001 CE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Iran

Founded 1920 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Middle East

Eritrean–Ethiopian War

1998 CE – 2000 CE

Landmark · Middle East

Great Pyramid of Giza

2560 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Egypt

Attested 3000 BCE – 2026 CE

Conflict · Middle East

Iraq War

2003 CE – 2011 CE

Landmark · Middle East

Petra

300 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Yemen

Attested 1000 CE – 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 2000 CE and 2005 CE.

2001 CE Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque 2003 CE Iraq War 2004 CE Battle of Fallujah 2001 CE War in Afghanistan 2003 CE War in Darfur

And in the rest of the world

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

Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Canada Polity · Americas Founded 1815 CE · attested to 2026 CE Ronald Reagan Figure · United States 1911 CE – 2004 CE Angolan Civil War Conflict · Africa 1975 CE – 2002 CE Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing Mexico Polity · Americas Founded 1810 CE · attested to 2026 CE
Image credits 8 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
  • Second Intifada יואב גוטרמן / Israel Defense Forces · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Flag of Iran (official) SVG file: SiBr 4 Designer: Hamid Nadimi Construction: ISIRI · Public domain
  • Eritrean–Ethiopian War Skilla1st · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Great Pyramid of Giza Douwe C. van der Zee · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Flag of Egypt Derived from Part IV Article (223) of the Constitution of The Arab Republic of Egypt. Col… · Public domain
  • Iraq War Technical Sergeant John L. Houghton, Jr., United States Air Force · Public domain
  • Petra Azurfrog · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Flag of Yemen Nightstallion et al., see File history below for details. · Public domain