USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -It was motivated by collective Palestinian frustration over Israel’s military occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, as it approached a twenty-year mark, having begun after Israel’s victory in the 1967 Arab–Israeli War.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first intifada This occurred in December 1987 when an Israeli vehicle struck two vans carrying Palestinian workers, killing four of them, an event that was perceived by Palestinians as an act of revenge for the death by stabbing of an Israeli in Gaza a few days earlier.

Detailed explanation-3: -The First Palestinian Intifada (1987 – 1993) began on December 9, 1987 with riots protesting the killing of a young Palestinian man by the Israeli Defense Forces. The riots quickly grew into a much larger grassroots uprising – Intifada – against Israeli occupation.

Detailed explanation-4: -In response, Israel launched a series of retaliatory air-strikes against Palestinian Authority targets in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The police station where the lynching had taken place was evacuated and destroyed in these operations.

Detailed explanation-5: -The First Intifada was a largely spontaneous series of Palestinian demonstrations, nonviolent actions like mass boycotts, civil disobedience, Palestinians refusing to work jobs in Israel, and attacks (using rocks, Molotov cocktails, and occasionally firearms) on Israelis.