Second intifada

On this day: Second Intifada triggered following Ariel Sharon's visit to Temple Mount

In total, more than 1,000 Israelis were killed by Palestinian terrorist attacks, which included suicide bombings, shootings, stabbings, and car ramming.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2026|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN

Palestinians hurl rocks at Israeli security forces during clashes in the West Bank town of Hebron October 16, 2000.

Israeli security forces at the scene of a suicide bombing terror attack at the Sbarro restaurant in Jerusalem's city center on August 9, 2001.

Inside the Palestinian university that turned the Sbarro massacre into an exhibit - analysis

The fact that it was normal at a major Palestinian university to celebrate blowing up a pizzeria full of civilians is emblematic of the foundations of extremism that led to October 7.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2026|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

My Word: From 9/11 to October 7, the dates that changed the world - opinion

Twenty-five years after the Durban Conference, there is a tidal wave of antisemitic attacks; 25 years after 9/11, Christian communities are being targeted no less than the Jews.

SEPTEMBER 11, 2026|ByLIAT COLLINS

Limor Son Har-Melech with husband Shuli Har-Melech.

Hamas terrorist behind 2003 murder of Shalom Har-Melech killed in IDF strike in Gaza

The facilities, which were located in three different parts of the Strip, were utilized by Hamas to "store weapons, explosive devices, anti-tank missiles, and additional military equipment."

SEPTEMBER 10, 2026|ByJONAH DAVIDOV

Supreme Court permanently bars screening ‘Jenin Jenin’ in Israel

The film has caused controversy dating back to the Second Intifada in 2002 when it was created to present Israel’s operation against Palestinian terror in Jenin that year in a negative light.

NOVEMBER 23, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

THE SUPREME Court, Jerusalem: Critiques from Right and Left.

'Born in Jerusalem and Still Alive' tells a capital tale with dark humor

Atia has real feeling for Jerusalem and portrays the changing city vividly, but the film as a whole is something of a missed opportunity.

AUGUST 17, 2022ByHANNAH BROWN

The lessons of Defensive Shield, 20 years on - opinion

Editor's Notes: "After Defensive Shield... the situation in Israel completely changed."

APRIL 14, 2022ByYAAKOV KATZ

AN ISRAELI tank patrols the deserted central square of Ramallah on March 31, 2002, two days after Israel launched Operation Defensive Shield.

No, it's not the Third Intifada - analysis

The spate of attacks in Israel that has claimed close to a dozen lives has stirred up memories of the Second Intifada.

MARCH 30, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM

Scene of incident in Mahane Yehuda in Jerusalem, March 30, 2022

Jerusalem terror shooting triggers intifada memories - analysis

Whenever there is a terrorist attack that results in deaths, it brings all the trauma of the second intifada back to the surface again.

NOVEMBER 21, 2021ByHERB KEINON

Israeli security personnel carry a dead body down the steps following a shooting incident in Jerusalem's Old City November 21, 2021.

21 years after 'dying,' Shimon Ohana celebrates son's bar mitzvah - opinion

Shimon had a tenth of one percent chance of recovery after being shot in the Second Intifada. Today, he is alive.

OCTOBER 24, 2021ByBARBARA SOFER

RACHEL Ohana and Avi Rivkind stand on either side of the happy couple at Shimon and Avia’s wedding.

American victims of Second Intifada want Supreme Court to review case

A group of about 200 Americans with family members harmed in the early 2000s attacks in Israel are asking the Supreme Court to review a decision by a federal appeals court

OCTOBER 21, 2021BySHIRA HANAU/JTA

A general view of the US Supreme Court building at sunset in Washington, US, November 10, 2020.

Colin Powell was a true friend of Israel - editorial

Colin Powell represented a unique breed of US supporters for Israel, who had an emotional understanding of what makes Israel unique and what the country means in historic terms for the Jewish people.

OCTOBER 19, 2021ByJPOST EDITORIAL