Talk:Second Intifada

The name in Arabic
Al-Intifāḍat aṯ-Ṯāniyya is incorrect: the t at the end of the first word is not pronounced, and the second word does not have a double yy. It should be Al-Intifāḍa al-Ṯāniya (according to the Strict Transliteration at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Arabic, ISO 233) or Al-Intifāḍah al-Thāniyah (ALA-LC romanization, approved at the same Wikipedia Manual of Style page). Linguistatlunch (talk) 18:26, 13 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Fixed. Makeandtoss (talk) 13:13, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

“As anticipated”
The first paragraph contain "as anticipated", but doesn't include a source for this claim as well as anticipated by who. In general I think this is not neutral language, but at the very least this kind of claim needs to be backed by a source. Asafg8 (talk) 17:55, 25 April 2024 (UTC)


 * From the cited source page:
 * I think this justifies "as anticipated", although maybe we should say by who. DMH223344 (talk) 22:20, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Lede buries notable content?
It seems to me that one of, if not the most notable aspect of, the second intifada are the myriad of suicide bombings, and attacks aimed at civilians.

At the moment, the lede states that it's a time of "heightened violence", as well as the IDF's replies - but literally nothing about mass civilian Israeli casualties, or quantifying the number of attacks the same way the IDFs response is - (e.g. "A million round fired").

I would submit that's a relatively unbalanced Lede in this case. 2001:569:5084:2400:5C9E:3365:D6AD:ED9B (talk) 20:30, 5 May 2024 (UTC)


 * For example:
 * "characterized by a period of heightened violence in the Palestinian territories and Israel between 2000 and 2005.[11] The general triggers for the unrest are speculated to have been centered on the failure of the 2000 Camp David Summit, which was expected to reach a final agreement on the Israeli–Palestinian peace process in July 2000.[12] An uptick in violent incidents started in September 2000, after Israeli politician Ariel Sharon made a provocative visit to the Al-Aqsa compound, which is situated atop the Temple Mount in East Jerusalem;[13][12] the visit itself was peaceful, but, as anticipated, sparked protests and riots that Israeli police put down with rubber bullets, live ammunition, and tear gas.[14] Within the first few days of the uprising, the IDF had fired one million rounds of ammunition.[15]"
 * Includes NO MENTION of
 * "Palestinian tactics focused on Israeli civilians, soldiers, police and other security forces, and methods of attack included suicide bombings,[209][18] launching rockets and mortars into Israel,[210][211] kidnapping of both soldiers[212][213] and civilians, including children,[82][214] shootings,[215] assassination,[216] stabbings,[82][217] and lynchings.[218]".
 * I also don't understand why "Firing a million round of ammunition" matters?
 * Is a million a lot? A little? An average amount? Is it based on incident? I have no scale for this, and it seems a strange inclusion to me. 2001:569:5084:2400:5C9E:3365:D6AD:ED9B (talk) 20:32, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
 * The next sentence in the lead says "High numbers of casualties were caused among civilians as well as combatants. Israeli security forces engaged in gunfights, targeted killings, tank attacks, and airstrikes; Palestinians engaged in gunfights, suicide bombings (the first of which occurred in March 2001), stone-throwing, and rocket attacks."
 * The second intifada is of course notable for the suicide bombings, but also notable for the severe repression. Here is Shlomo Ben-Ami's description: DMH223344 (talk) 14:41, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
 * See also from Baconi:
 * which also cites a similar rounds fired statistic to capture the disproportionate response. DMH223344 (talk) 19:33, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I found it odd that the number of bullets fired is mentioned in the lead. It's unusual to see such a statistic highlighted at the beginning of a conflict description, regardless of its significance. Ben Ami is a politician, and Baconi is just one source. By the way, I also agree that suicide attacks were one of the defining aspects of the Second Intifada. ABHammad (talk) 06:09, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Ben Ami is also a historian. And he is an Israeli politician, so if anything that supports the inclusion of this point. DMH223344 (talk) 16:38, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

<- The IP is limited to making edit requests. Statements like "I would submit that's a relatively unbalanced Lede in this case" are not edit requests. IP, if you want a specific change, make an edit request with specificity per WP:EDITXY. Sean.hoyland (talk) 10:19, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

Recent revert
I have undone a recent revert which removed references to references which include glossaries defining key terms.

The revert also includes other edits which include: DMH223344 (talk) 02:26, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
 * use of the term "terrorist" when it is not used by the source.
 * awkward/unusually proIDF phrasing ("thwarting")
 * representing a source more precisely (comment on radio station attack)


 * @ABHammad has reverted my revert without engaging on the talk page. Please respond here before reverting blindly. DMH223344 (talk) 16:25, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
 * It looks like Edit warring happening, especially as this article is WP:1RR. would it be worth going thru the process of warning and if edit war continues, putting in a request to admin to adjudicate? User:Sawerchessread (talk) 21:07, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

And the edit warring continues (Note that the lead of Sabra and Shatila massacre says "It was perpetrated by the Lebanese Forces, one of the main Christian militias in Lebanon, and supported by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) that had surrounded Beirut's Sabra neighbourhood and the adjacent Shatila refugee camp.[3][4][5][6]") so the revert appears to make no sense either. Selfstudier (talk) 08:30, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Also why was a source with a quote about antisemitism in Europe stuffed into the opening sentence of an article about an event in Palestine? Makeandtoss (talk) 09:09, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Number of suicide bombings
In the second paragraph of the article, there is the following sentence: "The suicide bombings carried out by Palestinian assailants became one of the more prominent features of the Second Intifada and mainly targeted Israeli civilians, contrasting with the relatively less violent nature of the First Intifada, which took place between 1987 and 1993."

I think this should be:

"The 146 suicide bombings carried out by Palestinian assailants became one of the more prominent features of the Second Intifada and mainly targeted Israeli civilians, contrasting with the relatively less violent nature of the First Intifada, which took place between 1987 and 1993."

The number of suicide bombings is mentioned in sources that are already on that sentence.

See:

"Since the outbreak of the second intifada in late September 2000 until today, there were approximately 146 suicide attacks, and more than 389 suicide attacks have been foiled" in Schweitzer, Y. (2010). "The rise and fall of suicide bombings in the second Intifada". Strategic Assessment. 13 (3): 39–48.

Similar figures are also quoted in other reputable sources. The number of attempted suicide attacks may also be relevant, but that number is likely more open to debate. The sources I have checked generally show approximately 140-50 suicide bombings and approximately 350-450 attempts. It depends a bit on whether you count each sucide bomber separately or each attack separately since some attacks had more than. 1 bomber. But the numbers in the existing sources conform to this range.

In any case, I think putting a number such as 146 or range such as 140-150 is necessary to describe the frequency of these attacks during this time period which was a major feature of the intifada and characterized the Israeli POV of the period.

See also:

Sela-Shayovitz, R. (2007). "Suicide bombers in Israel: Their motivations, characteristics, and prior activity in terrorist organizations". International Journal of Conflict and Violence. 1 (2): 163.

Brym, R. J.; Araj, B. (1 June 2006). "Suicide Bombing as Strategy and Interaction: The Case of the Second Intifada". Social Forces. 84 (4): 1969. doi:10.1353/sof.2006.0081. ISSN 0037-7732. S2CID 146180585. AskYourselfWhy (talk) 12:22, 14 July 2024 (UTC)