’Israel’ Confesses: Facing a More Complex Intifada

Local Editor

"Israel" is facing the third Palestinian Intifada [uprising], with preventive measures taken by Tel Aviv having failed to contain tensions, the "Israeli" Ha'aretz daily wrote.

According to the newspaper, although "Israel" won't call it this, but there's no denial that it is facing a third Intifada.

The Saturday edition referred to tensions as a "more complex" uprising compared to the first Intifada, that took place between 1987 and 1993, and the second one in the 2000s. A total of 6,200 Palestinians were martyred during both uprisings.

"What makes it different is that it's being carried out by individuals who aren't taking their lead from religious or political figures. And preventive measures run the risk of making matters worse," the paper added.

Noticeably, most of the individuals involved in the new Intifada "are relatively young and have no organizational affiliation," Ha'aretz said.

Their motivations included "a clear desire to exact revenge on behalf of others who have been killed, and with general frustration at living conditions in the ["Israeli"-occupied] territories," it added.

In contrast to many operations a decade ago, "the perpetrators of stabbing, car-ramming and shooting attacks in the current Intifada do not huddle with clerics before setting out on their mission," Haaretz noted.

The new Intifida began in August last year after the Zionist regime imposed restrictions on the entry of Palestinian worshipers to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East al-Quds. Around 200 Palestinians, including children and women, have been martyred by the "Israeli" occupants since its beginning.

So far, the "Israeli" apartheid regime resorted to heavy-handed tactics to quell the Palestinian uprising.

For its part, the United Nations and several human rights organizations repeatedly slammed the Zionist entity for using excessive force, saying many killings are extra judicial.

They also blamed Tel Aviv's decades-long occupation of Palestinian lands as the root cause of the ongoing unrest.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team