Has the third Intifada begun?

A Palestinian protester uses a slingshot to throw stones during clashes with Israeli forces near the West Bank city of Ramallah on October 9, 2015. (Photo by AFP)

In the past month, over 70 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire amid ongoing tensions in the occupied territories. Several Israelis have also died in alleged Palestinian attacks.

The tensions were triggered by Israeli restrictions on the entry of Palestinians in to al-Aqsa Mosque.

According to a recent poll, nearly half of Palestinians believe only an armed struggle would lead to an independent Palestinian state, and 57 percent no longer believed that a two-state solution was possible. Two-thirds of the respondents also wanted to replace Mahmoud Abbas as president.

The new Palestinian generation is making its own decisions in defiance of their political leadership. 

 


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