By Ramzy Baroud
In a recent conference, I was faced with a recurring question: Will there be a third Palestinian uprising? Although seemingly uncomplicated, the question is loaded, and exceptionally important. I rushed through the answer, knowing fully that one cannot address such a multilayered query in two minutes or less.
A “third uprising” implies that the second uprising has already folded. But has it? Or did it simply lose momentum, sense of focus and direction, or were its energies squandered — as a popular uprising — on factional disputes and internal division? Surely some of the visible leaders in guiding the uprising, or intifada, in its initial stages are no longer involved in the current stage. One cannot simply speak of one cohesive intifada if many of the players have switched sides or changed roles, or are absent altogether.
To approach this subject more practically, the first intifada, that of 1987, would too have to be scrutinized, and thoroughly so. Read more ...
In a recent conference, I was faced with a recurring question: Will there be a third Palestinian uprising? Although seemingly uncomplicated, the question is loaded, and exceptionally important. I rushed through the answer, knowing fully that one cannot address such a multilayered query in two minutes or less.
A “third uprising” implies that the second uprising has already folded. But has it? Or did it simply lose momentum, sense of focus and direction, or were its energies squandered — as a popular uprising — on factional disputes and internal division? Surely some of the visible leaders in guiding the uprising, or intifada, in its initial stages are no longer involved in the current stage. One cannot simply speak of one cohesive intifada if many of the players have switched sides or changed roles, or are absent altogether.
To approach this subject more practically, the first intifada, that of 1987, would too have to be scrutinized, and thoroughly so. Read more ...
Source: Arab News
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