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Requested move 13 May 2021

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The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) ~ Aseleste (t, e | c, l) 01:07, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Al-Aqsa Intifada → Second Intifada – clearly the WP:COMMONNAME. This article was moved from Second Intifada in a 2019 requested move. There, Greyshark09 argued that the current title is "the most common name in international high-quality sources", and linked a BBC article, Al Jazeera article and JSTOR article. The page was moved after nobody else commented.

The opposite is true: Second Intifada is the far more common name. A Google search turns up 3,830,000 results for "Second Intifada" and 721,000 results for "Al-Aqsa Intifada". Likewise, the Books Ngram Viewer shows that Second Intifada is roughly six times more common in published English-language books, and since 2005 usage has clearly settled more heavily in favour Second Intifada (the BBC article Greyshark pointed to was from 2004). Within academia, JSTOR returns 11,481 results for "Second Intifada" and 2,705 results for "Al-Aqsa Intifada". I'm unconvinced by the argument that "Al-Aqsa Intifada" is used by a higher quality of sources: The Guardian has 654 results for Second Intifada vs 96 results. Both Foreign Policy and BBC, which were quoted by Greyshark, use Second Intifada more frequently. (Foreign Policy 154 mentions vs. 12 mentions; BBC 20 pages of results vs. 3 pages, mostly from 2005 or prior).

Second Intifada is also more easily recognisable for readers unfamiliar with the topic, as a chronological successor to the First Intifada. Jr8825 • Talk 07:36, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

Oppose - Al-Aqsa Intifada is the common name in English media for the event. Also, there have been several "Second" Intifada's in North Africa and the Middle East, collecting search results for all those events (Second Sahrawi Intifada for example) and citations specifically dealing with Palestinian conflict as a justification for renaming Al-Aqsa Intifada doesn't make any sense; it is more or less parallel to naming it the "Second Uprising", while there have been thousands of "Second Uprisings" worldwide historically. The "Second Intifada" was most accurately the Iraqi Intifada of 1952, while al-Aqsa Intifada was second only in the Palestinian context. If anything, we should make a more WP:CONCISE name for Palestinian Intifada -> First Palestinian Intifada or Palestinian Intifada (1987-1993).GreyShark (dibra) 09:25, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
Al-Aqsa Intifada is the common name in English media for the event – do you have any evidence for this assertion? As far as I can see, the evidence I gathered above demonstrates how media sources have predominantly used Second Intifada since 2005, including outlets such as the BBC which seem to have largely dropped "Al-Aqsa Intifada" in favour of "Second Intifada" as time has passed. A Google search for 'second intifada palestine' still turns up 2,550,000 results. '"second intifada" -palestine' (excluding the term Palestine) returns far fewer results (173,000), almost all of which are referring to this event (I looked through 4 pages and didn't find a single link using the term to refer to a different event). '"second intifada" sahara' has only 33,900 hits and most of these are using the name to refer to this uprising in the context of Morocco-Israel relations, rather than the Sahrawi uprising (8 out of 10 links from the first page are using the term explicitly to mean the Palestinian uprising). "Second Intifada" is used as the main English name for this uprising, often without additional clarification as the Israel-Palestine context is obvious given its widespread use. Jr8825 • Talk 11:31, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
Support - Adding to Jr8825's tally of media sources, the New York Times prefers "Second Intifada" to "Al-Aqsa Intifada" by a margin of 299 to 11. And "Second Intifada" is more WP:CONSISTENT with our article on the First Intifada. Rublov (talk) 12:23, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
Support per above. Also, in common parlance the word intifada is primarily associated with Palestine, so there's almost no ambiguity in Second Intifada. Brandmeister^talk 13:10, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
Oppose Since I have supported the renaming of the "First" as being somewhat misleading then for consistency I must oppose the "Second". Al-Aqsa is/was (whoever changed the name neglected to change the lead text) a bold aka so I see no harm in leaving it like that but I would not object to "Second Palestinian".Selfstudier (talk) 13:16, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
I don't have any particular to "Second Palestinian Intifada" in itself, but I think it's unnecessary because of Second Intifada's broad use as demonstrated above. Its adoption as the common name (which is the entire basis for this RM) precludes confusion as to which event it refers to, and also confers the greatest recognisability. Jr8825 • Talk 16:50, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
Support. Ample evidence has been presented that "Second Intifada" is the common name in English sources. Here is a Google search of several RSP sources: [1]. — Goszei (talk) 17:32, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
Support. Second Intifada is more common, Al-Aqsa Intifada is ussed as early phase. Also why is this moved before with no voters???? Shadow4dark (talk) 23:48, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

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Timeline -> End of the Intifada - Second to last sentence in section, Mahmoud Abbas' name is spelled "Abbass." Please change "Abbass" to Abbas. BestmonfortheGOB (talk) 22:36, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Done ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:46, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

provocative

It is completely bogus to describe the Sharon visit as "viewed by Palestinians" as provocative. Here are a handful of sources stating very matter of factly that it was provocative/a provocation:

The Guardian: Dozens of people were injured in rioting on the West Bank and in Jerusalem yesterday as the hawkish Likud party leader, Ariel Sharon, staged a provocative visit to a Muslim shrine at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
ABC News: The date was Oct. 29, 2000, exactly one month after Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon made a historic and provocative visit to the Haram al-Sharif, also known as the Temple Mount complex in Jerusalem. The Al-Aqsa mosque, which lies on the compound, is one of Islam’s most sensitive and holy sites.
NPR: A couple years later, on Sept. 28, 2000, Sharon took the highly provocative step of visiting the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, the most sacred place in Judaism. Israeli politicians had long avoided it because of its political sensitivity — it's also one of the holiest sites in Islam.
CS Monitor: Many blamed Sharon for instigating the uprising with his provocative visit in September 2000 to the ultra-sensitive Temple Mount compound, home to the Al Aqsa mosque, though some Palestinian leaders have publicly said that his visit merely provided a spark for an uprising already being planned.
USA Today: Even after a predecessor, Yitzak Rabin, negotiated a treaty with Yasser Arafat, Sharon refused to shake Arafat's hand — instead initiating a provocative visit to the Temple Mount, the most religiously sensitive site in Israel, triggering the second Palestinian intifada, which killed the peace process.
CNN: He made a provocative visit to an important mosque
Sharon long insisted that a controversial visit to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, one of Islam’s most holy sites, in 2000 was not a provocation.
But it is considered among many to be one of the flashpoints that sparked the Second Intifada, a Palestinian uprising that followed a failed round of peace talks with Israelis. During the visit, Sharon walked through the mosque’s compound. Within hours, protests over his visit turned violent.
Financial Times: In 2000 he staged a provocative walkabout on Jerusalem’s Haram al-Sharif – known to Jews as the Temple Mount – a decision widely credited with having provided the spark that ignited the second intifada, or Palestinian uprising.
The Economist: And in 2000, his provocative walk on Jerusalem's Temple Mount is said to have sparked the second Palestinian intifada and so delivered a fatal blow to Bill Clinton's attempts to broker a peace settlement between Ehud Barak and Yasser Arafat.

I will be removing that little bit of poisoning the well of tomorrow unless somebody beats me to it. nableezy - 02:41, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

Of course the visit was provokative as viewed by the Palestinians, whom else did it provoke? It's not a matter of NPOV, it's just a matter of not stating the obvious as most sources don't. “WarKosign ” 04:56, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

Being viewed as provocative by Palestinians is not the same as someone else seeing it as provocative to Palestinians. The parties stating their opinion in each case are not the same. So Nableezy has a point. Zero^talk 06:24, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

It was and is viewed as provocative by more than the Palestinians, it is described as provocative by countless sources as a fact. Yes, the Palestinians were the people that were provoked, that does not mean the provocation is a figment of their imagination. nableezy - 14:58, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

Given the current debate over this sentence/phrasing, a potential refinement for it could be to remove the word "highly" from the phrase "highly provocative," since all but one of the articles cited here by Nableezy simply describe it as "provocative" without the "highly" modifier. Thoughts? theraefactor (talk) 05:04, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

Sure, I just restored what had been there, but have no attachment to any adjective for provocative. But just saying the Palestinians considered it provocative and not that independent third-party reliable sources do was my problem. nableezy - 14:29, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

tactics in lead

Tombah this is now the second time youve removed any mention of Israeli actions such as targeted killings while elevating suicide attacks in the lead. I am going to revert it, again, and ask that you explain that lack of balance here. nableezy - 21:57, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

Please re-read my edit, you have just reverted. You will find a reference for Israeli targeted killings there. Other than that, I don't think there's a point in listing the tactics used by each side in the article's lead. This list belongs to the "Tactics" section of the article. Tombah (talk) 05:56, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

Nableezy, with your permission, I'm re-reverting to my latest edit. There's no need to go over the whole list of tactics employed by each side. The lead should mention only the most prominent elements of the Second Intifada, which sources usually describe as being: (1) Palestinian suicide bombings; (2) Israeli targeted killings. I also added the 2002 operation, since it is usually considered a major event of the conflict. I believe that the updated lead is indeed balanced, now reflecting more accurately the primary elements of the conflict. Tombah (talk) 20:47, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

I am again reverting, and you need to accept that you need consensus for major changes to the lead of an article. You have completely slanted the lead to an Israeli POV, removing its major operations against Palestinian civilians and framing this as defensive violence against terrorists. And you certainly did not have my agreement, making your "with your permission" line especially mind-boggling. nableezy - 23:51, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

@Nableezy I'd appreciate if we can focus on the content here. Can you relate to what exactly is considered POV here?

As I understand it, sources agree that suicide bombings were the major component of this conflict; and that the Israeli targeted killings and the 2002 operation were initiated in order to limit the effect of Palestinian political violence, with the suicide bombings in particular. The targeted killings were controversial, because non participating bystanders were also killed in several cases. Please tell me, what is your take on this? Focusing too much on balance while ignoring the sources can quickly take us to the realm of false balance. Tombah (talk) 05:24, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

"Israel engaged in gunfire, targeted killings, tank and air attacks, while the Palestinians engaged in suicide bombings, rock throwing, gunfire and rocket attacks." Tombah, what is wrong with this sentence? It concisely states what both sides were doing. it is not a "list of tactics". Also removed at the same place "Palestinian suicide bombings were a prominent feature of the conflict, contrasting with the largely nonviolent First Intifada, and mainly targeted Israeli civilians." which explicitly states that suicide bombings were a prominent feature of the Intifada, flatly contradicting the idea that this has been downplayed at all.

Then inserted further down "Israel also conducted targeted killings against suspected Palestinian terrorists."

It would appear that the entire purpose of the quite unnecessary shuffling around of material is to enable the highlighting of targeted killings as a response to Palestinian terrorism.

(Reverting "slowly" against opposition is still edit warring, btw, best not do that) Selfstudier (talk) 09:45, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

It was not a response at all it was a mean to stop those attacks and this should be clearly stated Shrike (talk) 16:32, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

Agree with Tombah and Shrike. This is exactly what the sources say. Based on several sources, our own Wiki article about 2002 Operation Defensive Shield states that "...the Israeli government announced 'Operation Defensive Shield', terming it a large-scale counter-terrorist offensive." As for the targeted killings, there are plenty of sources mentioning that they were initiated as a measure of counter-terrorism, aimed at killing suspected terrorists. I believe that should be clearly stated in the article's lead. Eladkarmel (talk) 19:29, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

IsGov would say that wouldn't they? WP is also not a source. Though it might make sense if that was what Tombah edit reflected, but it didn't. Nor does it agree with what Shrike said. Note that the heading of this section is "tactics in lead", the dubious reason given for the edit in the first place. So when y'all make up your mind what it is y'all want to say and why you think the original prose didn't say it, let's hear it. Selfstudier (talk) 21:54, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

Of course the Israeli government presented Operation Defensive Shield as a counter-terrorist offensive. And of course the Israeli government claimed that "targeted killings" were "aimed at killing suspected terrorists". Reliable sources however dispute both things, for example Asef Bayat calling it an invasion and human rights groups calling it a collection of war crimes. Reliable sources also call the policy of targeted killings illegal (eg here), not simply an anodyne measure of counter-terrorism. We do not parrot the claims of the Israeli government as though their propaganda is objective fact. Further, we do not slant our balance so far to the Israeli POV that everything that Israel does is a response to Palestinian terrorism. This website is not an arm of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and we do not promote the Israeli POV as though it were fact. nableezy - 23:47, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

Nableezy, going over the sources you mentioned here, few things draw my attention. The first source explicitly mentions that Operation Defensive Shield was a retaliation for the Passover massacre and previous suicide bombings carried out during the Second Intifada. The second one states that "In the Israeli terminology, a Palestinian is forever a terrorist, never a combatant", what clearly makes it an oriented sources. Targeted killings and the 2002 operation were both initiated as a retaliation for Palestinian terror attacks, and that is a fact that is nearly uncontested among reliable sources. It is a super-majority view. Many of these sources indeed criticize Israel for selecting these methods, but still, all agree that their purpose was stopping Terrorism. Selfstudier reminded us that the original debate here was surrounding tactics on lead, but at that point I think its already clear it has no point, I am yet to see a long list of tactics in the leads of other conflict-related articles. If we wish to stick to the facts, while maintaining balance, we should remove that irrelevant list, describe the purpose of targeted killings and the Defensive Shield Operation, plus adding that some of the Israeli actions were criticized by the Arab World and human rights groups. Are we ready to conclude this thread? Tombah (talk) 06:04, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

It looks like there are some chronology issues to deal with here in the body copy above and beyond any concerns over the lead. The Passover Massacre is currently not mentioned adjacently to Operation Defensive Shield, and while it is possible that the former may only have been used as a justification rather than a cause of the latter, the timing is surely worth noting more emphatically. As an aside, how history repeats eh? Reflective time to be reading about the old 'massive invasion' under the guise of a 'defensive operation'-style messaging in the current global geopolitical climate. Iskandar323 (talk) 08:45, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

Let me get this straight, sources that support the Israeli line are totally fine, but ones that question it are "clearly an oriented source"? As far as the laughable "super-majority view", here is another view:

Aran, A. (2020). Israeli Foreign Policy since the End of the Cold War. Cambridge Middle East Studies. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-009-02830-1. Depicting Operation Defensive Shield, which was launched on 29 March 2002, solely in terms of a war of no choice, waged to quash Palestinian terrorism, does not reveal the full foreign policy agenda behind the military offensive authorized by the government. Indeed, Operation Defensive Shield epitomized Sharon's disruptive thinking, his tendency to shape reality by wielding brute force rather than allowing the external environment to determine his foreign policy course. Alongside being a counterterrorist campaign, Operation Defensive Shield was designed to dismantle the last vestiges of Israel's foreign policy of engagement, which first emerged as the country's foreign policy towards the Middle East in 1993. Accordingly, during Operation Defensive Shield, Israel reoccupied the West Bank by taking control of large parts of area A. This contravened a founding principle of engagement, namely, scaling down the occupation. The notion of using diplomacy and negotiation as the main foreign policy tools in Israel's dealings with the Palestinians – another tenet of engagement – was replaced by use of brute military force.

But your position is that we in fact should just parrot the Israeli line that this was purely retaliation for terrorist attacks? Nah, that is a basic NPOV violation. As far as the tactics, if you wish to highlight one set of tactics, suicide bombings, the other side should likewise be highlighted. You are seeking to frame this as Palestinians bad terrorists, Israelis brave defenders of freedom. And that will not do. nableezy - 14:46, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

Riddled with implicit bias

Just looking at the section on the year 2001: there are four named deaths: all of them Israelis. No Palestinian is given a name. Although great detail is given to the Israeli deaths, the Palestinian deaths are generally placed in sentences alongside Israel deaths:

"Violence in March resulted in the deaths of 8 Israelis, mostly civilians, and 26 Palestinians." "A total of 469 Palestinians and 199 Israelis were killed in 2001." "After a suicide bombing struck Netanya on 18 May 2001, Israel for the first time since 1967 used warplanes to attack Palestinian Authority targets in the West Bank and Gaza, killing 12 Palestinians."

The last is particularly disturbing since the action of the IDF is attributed to the suicide bomb, but there is no such justification given to the suicide bombing.

Of the 659 words devoted to violence, sentences comprising 352 words, or 53% of the description, is set to describing Israeli deaths. Sentences comprising only about 211 words, 32%, on Palestinian deaths (half of that is a single quoted paragraph). This is despite the fact that over twice as many Palestinians were killed during that time.

The problems go beyond this, of course. There are stand-alone wikipedia articles for basically every attack on Israel or death of an Israeli, but none on any Palestinian deaths:

With Wikipedia pages: Ofir Rahum, Shalhevet Pass, Yaakov "Koby" Mandell (13) and Yosef Ishran (lookie, Mandell even gets his nickname), suicide bombing struck Netanya, "Islamic Jihad suicide bomber detonated himself in the Tel Aviv coastline Dolphinarium", Murder of Georgios Tsibouktzakis, and " Sbarro restaurant massacre, with 15 civilian casualties (including 7 children);[81][82][83] the Nahariya train station suicide bombing and the Pardes Hanna bus bombing, both with 3 civilian casualties;[84][85][86] the Ben Yehuda Street bombing with 11 civilian deaths, many of them children;[87] and the Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing, with 15 civilian casualties."

Without Wikipedia pages:

"seven Palestinian militants were killed in an explosion"

"Israel for the first time since 1967 used warplanes to attack Palestinian Authority targets in the West Bank and Gaza, killing 12 Palestinians."

And, of course, the only graphic is a memorial to Israeli victims.

I won't say this is the most biased section on Wikipedia, especially since I have not looked at the year 2002.Mcdruid (talk) 19:20, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

This sentence: "Support for the idea that Arafat planned the uprising comes from Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar, who said in September 2010 that when Arafat realized that the Camp David Summit in July 2000 would not result in the meeting of all of his demands" Seriously "demands?" Unless you have a direct quote from al-Zahar, then it is NPOV to use the Jpost's biased wording here. As it is, I can find no primary source for al-Zahar's speech. Mcdruid (talk) 23:42, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

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This is a single sentence.

Outbreaks of violence began in September 2000, after Ariel Sharon, then the Israeli opposition leader, made a provocative visit to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem;[14][13] the visit itself was peaceful, but, as anticipated, sparked protests and riots that were put down by Israeli police with rubber bullets and tear gas.

Could it be replaced with this?

Outbreaks of violence began in September 2000, after Ariel Sharon, then the Israeli opposition leader, made a provocative visit to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.[14][13]  The visit itself was peaceful, but, as anticipated, sparked protests and riots that Israeli police put down with rubber bullets and tear gas.

This turns a 50-word sentence into sentences of 25 and 23 words; the second half has been shortened by replacing passive voice with active. 120.21.178.95 (talk) 05:06, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

Done Lemonaka (talk) 14:01, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

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Edit "Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon" to "Israeli Opposition Leader Ariel Sharon". This is in 2000 and he only became PM in 2001. Basedeunie042 (talk) 21:42, 16 October 2022 (UTC)

Done Thanks. 04:10, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

Where did the claim that the Israelis fired 1.3 million rounds of live ammunition in the first few days of the second intifada? it appears it came out of someone's bum are you trying to tell me that the Israelis fired approximately between 130,00 and 650,000 rounds a day? seriously? for example, the US gave Ukraine 104 million rounds of small-arm ammunition as of April 19th 2023 which is 419 days of the war in Ukraine. that comes out to 248,210 rounds being fired by the Ukrainians a day on average. you are telling me that the IDF fired approximately more rounds on average daily than the Ukrainians who are in a war and have inflicted around 20,000 deaths upon the Russians which comes to about 5,200 small arms rounds per Russian (out of 104 million rounds) (also we are ignoring the fact there is artillery and other stuff that is killing people in Ukraine) meanwhile the Israelis are shooting around 27,660 round for the 47 Palestinians who died in the first 5 days.

So I'd recommend either explaining where the 1.3 million rounds fired in a few days number comes from or it gets removed. their is only one source of this the number of rounds in the timespan given does not make sense, — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.169.66.155 (talk) 03:56, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

Unnamed section

Is it islamaphobic to describe the Noble sanctuary of Jerusalem as simply “Temple Mount”? Indigenous Muslim’s perspective should be considered for academic works, given our obligation toward objectivity. Also, there is no Temple Mount there right now, respectfully it is an Islamic noble sanctuary and should be described as such due to its holy status in sha Allāh. Right now, there is no active temple in sight Alhamdulliah.

The Temple Mount was there long before any mosque was there and Temple Mount has been it's name time in memorial — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.169.66.155 (talk) 03:59, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

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After this change, could somebody replace the semicolon for a period point?: "...made a provocative visit to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.^[1]....."--Duponiuex (talk) 17:23, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Lemonaka (talk) 17:25, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

@Lemonaka: I believe this is the same question as my request below. Please can the basic changes be made, as the page is currently grammatically incorrect (and has been for several months, by the looks of it...) MrGnocci (talk) 22:20, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

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"Outbreaks of violence began in September 2000, after Ariel Sharon, then the Israeli opposition leader, made a provocative visit to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem;[14][13] The visit itself was peaceful, but, as anticipated, sparked protests and riots that Israeli police put down with rubber bullets and tear gas.[15]"

The word "the" should not be capitalised, or a full stop should be placed after "Jerusalem". I think the sentence could also be re-worded to very briefly explain why violence or protests were anticipated, for the benefit of readers. – MrGnocci (talk) 22:18, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

Done: Changed to lowercase. If you want the sentence reworded, you'll have to write it out exactly as you want it, and either reopen this edit request or start a new one. Xan747 (talk) 00:05, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

Ambiguous Phrasing

This is one of those moments of "the English language sucks sometimes", but this sentence is misleading/badly phrased: "They switched to live ammunition after the chief of Jerusalem's police force was knocked unconscious by a stone and killed four Palestinian youths."

It makes it sound like the police chief got conked on the head by a rock and as a result started spraying live ammo as he went down. I would recommend rephrasing it as: "After the chief of Jerusalem's police force was knocked unconscious by a stone, they switched to live ammunition and killed four Palestinian youths." 143.59.120.103 (talk) 22:09, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

Well spotted. Dodgy syntax indeed. That's fixed now. Thanks. Iskandar323 (talk) 05:56, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

Sources not correct

The sources used for “graph of reduced bombings” and “suicide bombings” are both non available on servers. These are the Only claims that defend preemptive sanctions on Gaza as effective counter terrorism. Please update 2601:404:D600:B0D0:A90B:2E7F:A406:819 (talk) 11:38, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Infobox picture NPOV

@Dovidroth: Two pictures about Israel in the lede does not satisfy NPOV, especially when you have removed a picture that has been described by many as iconic in the context of the second intifada. Makeandtoss (talk) 08:40, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

Not to mention that the bus image illustrates little. There's plenty of choice. Iskandar323 (talk) 09:24, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

I am with the Faris Odeh picture which has been described by many as iconic. Makeandtoss (talk) 09:30, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

True. That is probably the single-most iconic Second Intifada image. Iskandar323 (talk) 09:35, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

It's not so iconic to begin with. Stone-throwing, unlike the First Intifada, was not so characteristic of the Second Intifada, which was more focused on shootings and suicide bombings. And the image is already in the proper section anyway, where it belongs. Dovidroth (talk) 13:39, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

Opinion this is not. "The photo of Faris Odeh, a boy standing alone in front of a tank while he throws a rock at it, has become an iconic image of the second intifada" Clark, J. E. (2018). 9 Pawns, Martyrs, Fighters, and Innocents. War Experience and Memory in Global Cultures Since 1914. Routledge. And Faris Odeh is not actually mentioned in the section that you have linked, so the image is in no way beholden to that. Iskandar323 (talk) 14:20, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

So the Faris Odeh image has been clearly established as an iconic image reflecting the Palestinian side of the conflict; now what's the single-most iconic image from the Israeli side that might be best used to complement it? Iskandar323 (talk) 14:25, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

The image is from December 2000 and is in the section dealing with events of November/December 2000. Dovidroth (talk) 14:30, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

I reverted. The idea that the infobox on an event in which 3,000+ Palestinians were killed should only feature images of Israeli casualties and/or Israeli soldiers is absurd. nableezy - 15:03, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

Where is the pictures from the Intifada ?

This was a Palestinian uprising. Yet most of the photos are from an Israeli perspective. It's even worse on Commons. Ezzex (talk) 16:22, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

If you have other photos that are allowed by Wikipedia's copyright policies, feel free to add them. --OuroborosCobra (talk) 16:26, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

grammar error

in section 2002 of the timeline talking about the Arab peace deal the final line states "...endorsed by Arafat, but virtually ignoring by Israel" this should be "ignored by Israel" or "virtually ignoring Israel" 185.108.171.62 (talk) 12:09, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

The name in Arabic

Al-Intifāḍat aṯ-Ṯāniyya is incorrect: the t at the end of the first word is not pronounced, and the second word does not have a double yy. It should be Al-Intifāḍa al-Ṯāniya (according to the Strict Transliteration at https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Arabic, ISO 233) or Al-Intifāḍah al-Thāniyah (ALA-LC romanization, approved at the same Wikipedia Manual of Style page). Linguistatlunch (talk) 18:26, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Fixed. Makeandtoss (talk) 13:13, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

“As anticipated”

The first paragraph contain "as anticipated", but doesn't include a source for this claim as well as anticipated by who. In general I think this is not neutral language, but at the very least this kind of claim needs to be backed by a source. Asafg8 (talk) 17:55, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

From the cited source page:

The outbreak of the Second Intifada is also intertwined with the story of another Israeli hero-soldier: Ariel Sharon. Palestinians loathed Sharon as the sword-bearer of Israel's reprisal strategy in the 1950s, as a father of Israel's settlement policy, and as the butcher of Palestinians in Lebanon after Israel's 1982 invasion. So when Sharon planned to visit the Temple Mount on September 28, 2000, to emphasize Jewish claims to the site, it spelled trouble. The Temple Mount, controlled by Israel since the 1967 War, is the most contested real estate in the world. It is the site of the first and second temples, the latter destroyed by the Romans in 70 C as pun ishment for a Jewish revolt. Indeed Jews gather to pray at one of the retaining walls for the second temple, the Western or "Wailing" Wall, because of its proximity to this holiness. Built on top of the Mount, how ever, are two mosques, the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock, the latter of which is supposedly built over the "holy of holies," the inner sanctum of the ancient Jewish temple. For Muslims around the world, the mosques' antiquity and the holiness of Jerusalem in the Islamic tradi- tion make the Temple Mount's status a source of constant concern. Jewish control of the Mount is particularly galling. Months before Sharon's visit, as Barak and Arafat negotiated the Mount's status at Camp David, the fate of the site dominated the news. Radicals, and even moderates, on each side feared their leaders would make unforgivable concessions to clinch a deal. Sharon's visit was his way of dramatically demonstrating his opposition to any concessions. Palestinian officials, Israeli police, and Israeli intelligence all predicted that blood would flow if Sharon went forward with his visit. Dennis Ross, the U.S. envoy to the peace talks, warned the Israeli interior minister Shlomo Ben-Ami about the visit, "I can think of a lot of bad ideas, but I can't think of a worse one."4 Before Sharon's visit Arafat and Barak had dinner together at Barak's home in Kochav Yair. As Arafat left he warned Barak about the risks of Sharon's planned visit. Barak, however, felt he could not block Sharon; it was his right as an Israeli to visit the site, and any interference would be seen as politically motivated.

I think this justifies "as anticipated", although maybe we should say by who. DMH223344 (talk) 22:20, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Lede buries notable content?

It seems to me that one of, if not the most notable aspect of, the second intifada are the myriad of suicide bombings, and attacks aimed at civilians.

At the moment, the lede states that it's a time of "heightened violence", as well as the IDF's replies - but literally nothing about mass civilian Israeli casualties, or quantifying the number of attacks the same way the IDFs response is - (e.g. "A million round fired").

I would submit that's a relatively unbalanced Lede in this case. 2001:569:5084:2400:5C9E:3365:D6AD:ED9B (talk) 20:30, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

For example:

"characterized by a period of heightened violence in the Palestinian territories and Israel between 2000 and 2005.[11] The general triggers for the unrest are speculated to have been centered on the failure of the 2000 Camp David Summit, which was expected to reach a final agreement on the Israeli–Palestinian peace process in July 2000.[12] An uptick in violent incidents started in September 2000, after Israeli politician Ariel Sharon made a provocative visit to the Al-Aqsa compound, which is situated atop the Temple Mount in East Jerusalem;[13][12] the visit itself was peaceful, but, as anticipated, sparked protests and riots that Israeli police put down with rubber bullets, live ammunition, and tear gas.[14] Within the first few days of the uprising, the IDF had fired one million rounds of ammunition.[15]"

Includes NO MENTION of

"Palestinian tactics focused on Israeli civilians, soldiers, police and other security forces, and methods of attack included suicide bombings,[209][18] launching rockets and mortars into Israel,[210][211] kidnapping of both soldiers[212][213] and civilians, including children,[82][214] shootings,[215] assassination,[216] stabbings,[82][217] and lynchings.[218]".

I also don't understand why "Firing a million round of ammunition" matters?

Is a million a lot? A little? An average amount? Is it based on incident? I have no scale for this, and it seems a strange inclusion to me. 2001:569:5084:2400:5C9E:3365:D6AD:ED9B (talk) 20:32, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

The next sentence in the lead says "High numbers of casualties were caused among civilians as well as combatants. Israeli security forces engaged in gunfights, targeted killings, tank attacks, and airstrikes; Palestinians engaged in gunfights, suicide bombings (the first of which occurred in March 2001), stone-throwing, and rocket attacks."

The second intifada is of course notable for the suicide bombings, but also notable for the severe repression. Here is Shlomo Ben-Ami's description:

Israel’s disproportionate response to what had started as a popular uprising with young, unarmed men confronting Israeli soldiers armed with lethal weapons fuelled the Intifada beyond control and turned it into an all-out war. This was one more case in Israel’s history where the overreaction of the military ended up defining the national agenda in terms that the politicians never planned. Nevertheless, the Intifada's resort to armed struggle and suicide terrorism was to have fatal consequences for the peace process.

DMH223344 (talk) 14:41, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Recent revert

I have undone a recent revert which removed references to references which include glossaries defining key terms.

The revert also includes other edits which include:

use of the term "terrorist" when it is not used by the source.
awkward/unusually proIDF phrasing ("thwarting")
representing a source more precisely (comment on radio station attack)

DMH223344 (talk) 02:26, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

@ABHammad has reverted my revert without engaging on the talk page. Please respond here before reverting blindly. DMH223344 (talk) 16:25, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

It looks like Wikipedia:Edit warring happening, especially as this article is WP:1RR. would it be worth going thru the process of warning and if edit war continues, putting in a request to admin to adjudicate? User:Sawerchessread (talk) 21:07, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

And the edit warring continues (Note that the lead of Sabra and Shatila massacre says "It was perpetrated by the Lebanese Forces, one of the main Christian militias in Lebanon, and supported by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) that had surrounded Beirut's Sabra neighbourhood and the adjacent Shatila refugee camp.[3][4][5][6]") so the revert appears to make no sense either. Selfstudier (talk) 08:30, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Also why was a source with a quote about antisemitism in Europe stuffed into the opening sentence of an article about an event in Palestine? Makeandtoss (talk) 09:09, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

^ NPR_Sharon 2014.

[FOOTNOTE''NPR_Sharon''2014-1] NPR_Sharon 2014.

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