The Second Intifada
Ariel Sharon's visit to the Haram al-Sharif ignites a far more violent uprising that leaves several thousand Palestinians and around a thousand Israelis dead.
On 28 September 2000, Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon visited the Haram al-Sharif compound in Jerusalem accompanied by a large security escort, days after the collapse of the Camp David talks. Protests the following day were met with lethal force, and the confrontation escalated into a second intifada, also known as the al-Aqsa Intifada.
Unlike the first uprising, this one was marked by armed clashes, suicide bombings inside Israel, and large-scale Israeli military operations, including the 2002 reoccupation of West Bank cities. Over the course of the intifada, several thousand Palestinians and around one thousand Israelis were killed, the majority of them civilians on both sides.
The uprising effectively ended with a February 2005 truce declared by Ariel Sharon — by then prime minister — and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Its legacy included the construction of Israel’s separation barrier in the West Bank, Israel’s 2005 withdrawal of settlers from Gaza, and a deep collapse of public faith in negotiations on both sides.
Cited works
2- btselem.org — statistics(opens in a new tab)https://www.btselem.org/statistics
- un.org — history(opens in a new tab)https://www.un.org/unispal/history/
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- Abu Ali Mustafaأبو علي مصطفى
Evidence — Inferred from the text — read the evidence: He returned to Palestine on 30 September 1999 after thirty-two years in exile, saying on arrival: "We have returned, not in order to make deals, but to resist." Elected secretary-general of the PFLP in 2000, he was killed on 27 August 2001 when Israeli helicopters fired missiles into his office in al-Bireh, one of the first assassinations of a faction leader in the Second Intifada.
- Administrative Detention
Evidence — Inferred from the text — read the evidence: Israel has held thousands of Palestinians this way over the years, some for years on end and some under 18; the figure crossed 1,000 several times during the Second Intifada, and human rights organizations say it is also used against non-violent political activity and as a shortcut when evidence is insufficient for trial.
- ar-Ramالرام
Evidence — Inferred from the text — read the evidence: ARIJ's field survey with the local council found that approximately 20,000 people had left ar-Ram since the outbreak of the Second Intifada in 2000 — more than the town's entire recorded population in the 2007 census.
- Ban on Family Unification
Evidence — Inferred from the text — read the evidence: On 31 July 2003, at the height of the Second Intifada, the Knesset enacted the Nationality and Entry into Israel Law (Temporary Order) – 2003.
- Diana Buttuديانا بطو
Evidence — Inferred from the text — read the evidence: In September 2000 — arriving in the country, as it happened, on the first day of the Second Intifada — she joined the PLO's Negotiations Support Unit as one of five legal advisors, the only woman among them, working on the refugee file; she soon became the unit's spokesperson as well.
- Faisal al-Husseiniفيصل الحسيني
Evidence — Inferred from the text — read the evidence: He took charge of Jerusalem affairs for the PLO in 1995 and was elected to the PLO Executive Committee in 1996. He confronted settlement construction at Har Homa on Jabal Abu Ghunaym, survived assassination attempts by Israeli settlers, and on 28 September 2000 stood with other Jerusalemites against Ariel Sharon's tour of the Haram al-Sharif, which set off the Second Intifada.
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- Jerusalemالقدس
Evidence — Inferred from the text — read the evidence: On 28 September 2000, Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon visited the Haram al-Sharif compound in Jerusalem accompanied by a large security escort, days after the collapse of the Camp David talks.
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@misc{falasteen-second-intifada, title = {The Second Intifada}, howpublished = {\url{https://falasteen.ai/timeline/second-intifada}}, organization = {FALASTEEN.AI — A Living Archive for Palestine}, year = {2026}, note = {Accessed 2026-08-22} }