Second intifada

Israel’s election is being cast as a historic showdown - but four trends tell a different story

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: From rivalries within political blocs to polls that shape voter choices and coalition red lines, four trends reveal the challenges facing Israel’s next government.

OCTOBER 23, 2026|ByHERB KEINON

‘Politicians should leave room for compromise before the election, rather than making absolute promises they may have to abandon afterward for the good of the country.’ Will the challenge of building Israel’s next coalition government fall to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or Gadi Eisenkot?

Palestinians hurl rocks at Israeli security forces during clashes in the West Bank town of Hebron October 16, 2000.

On this day: Second Intifada triggered following Ariel Sharon's visit to Temple Mount

In total, more than 1,000 Israelis were killed by Palestinian terrorist attacks, which included suicide bombings, shootings, stabbings, and car ramming.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2026|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN

Israeli security forces at the scene of a suicide bombing terror attack at the Sbarro restaurant in Jerusalem's city center on August 9, 2001.

Inside the Palestinian university that turned the Sbarro massacre into an exhibit - analysis

The fact that it was normal at a major Palestinian university to celebrate blowing up a pizzeria full of civilians is emblematic of the foundations of extremism that led to October 7.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2026|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

My Word: From 9/11 to October 7, the dates that changed the world - opinion

Twenty-five years after the Durban Conference, there is a tidal wave of antisemitic attacks; 25 years after 9/11, Christian communities are being targeted no less than the Jews.

SEPTEMBER 11, 2026|ByLIAT COLLINS

U.S. Supreme Court throws out $655m. historic terrorism ruling against PA

The move was a blow to efforts to hold the case liable in American courts for terror incidents in Israel that killed 33 US citizens during the Second Intifada.

APRIL 2, 2018ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

A policeman investigates the site of an explosion in a Tel Aviv cafe in 2002. The book takes place against the backdrop of the second intifada.

Invitation to an intifada: Part 2

Thirty years on, a former soldier recounts 30 days that opened his eyes to the price of occupation

DECEMBER 13, 2017ByLAWRENCE RIFKIN

A PALESTINIAN woman and an Israeli soldier exchange glances as he passes her house in Rafah, at the southernmost part of the Gaza Strip, 10 days after the start of the first intifada in 1987

Court: PA, terrorists liable for NIS 62 million for 2001 murder of 3 Israelis

Three Israelis were killed in the shooting attack, which took place during the bloody Second Intifada.

NOVEMBER 19, 2017ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

Vehicles drive on Highway 443 past the West Bank Jewish settlement of Beit Horon

IDF commanders keep the calm in the West Bank

A month after the Temple Mount crisis, any report is considered a possible terror attack and is treated as such until troops know otherwise.

AUGUST 22, 2017ByANNA AHRONHEIM

IDF forces work to maintain calm in the West Bank

Survivors' film on Tel Aviv suicide bombing takes on radical Islam

'The Last Sermon' is the brainchild of Jack Baxter and Joshua Faudem, both survivors of a bombing in 2003 at the Tel Aviv beachfront bar Mike’s Place that they were able to capture on film.

MAY 3, 2017ByLINDA GRADSTEIN/THE MEDIA LINE

Memorial plaque to the victims of the "Mike's Place" suicide bombing that killed three victims in 2003

'Fifteen years after Op. Defensive Shield, situation on the ground completely different'

Lt.-Col. Pinto, who fought in Ramallah examines the situation 15 years after the largest military operation in the West Bank since the '67 war, which 29 IDF soldiers and over 250 Palestinians dead

APRIL 24, 2017ByANNA AHRONHEIM