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.

|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.

|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.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
THE TWIN Towers burn

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.

|ByLIAT COLLINS

Bennett: Obama's policies could lead to violence

Economics and Trade Minister: 2nd intifada shows concession of land won't lead to peace, but rather to more violence.

MARCH 31, 2013ByGIL STERN STERN HOFFMAN
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Ahead of cease-fire, a reminder of the 2nd Intifada

Reporter's Notebook: Terrorist bombing of TA bus was a painful reminder of our fragile sense of security.

NOVEMBER 21, 2012ByBEN HARTMAN
Far shot of Tel Aviv terror attack on bus 370

The NYTimes and the Temple Mount

OCTOBER 9, 2012ByYISRAEL MEDAD
The Jerusalem Post

Revisiting Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism

APRIL 4, 2012ByABRAHAM FOXMAN
The Jerusalem Post

Ex-Mossad official: Only force works against terror

Former senior Mossad official says 2002's Defensive Shield operation shows force is best way to stop terror.

MARCH 28, 2012ByYAAKOV LAPPIN
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'Intifada unsettled Arab-Israelis more than Jews'

Hebrew University researches survey finds that during five-year 2nd Intifada had "almost no impact" on Jewish Israelis.

MARCH 2, 2012ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
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French court acquits Israeli in al-Dura libel case

Dr. Yehuda David had been convicted for refuting claims that a former patient of his was injured by IDF gunfire in iconic second Intifada incident.

FEBRUARY 15, 2012ByJPOST.COM STAFF
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Terrorist released in Schalit deal named PA adviser

PA president's new local gov't adviser was former Force 17 commander, jailed for involvement in deadly terror attacks.

JANUARY 2, 2012ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
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Abbas appoints released terrorist as advisor

PA president's new municipal advisor was former Force 17 commander, jailed for involvement in deadly terror attacks.

JANUARY 2, 2012ByJPOST.COM STAFF
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Bridge over troubled city

Municipality says bridge could collapse, but suspicion stands in the way of cooperation.

NOVEMBER 21, 2011ByKAMOUN BEN-SHIMON
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