Second intifada

The miracle that shaped Israel Prize winner Avi Rivkind’s life and career - opinion

How one trauma surgeon’s split-second decision changed the course of a young soldier’s life.

MAY 17, 2026|ByBARBARA SOFER

AVIYA, SHIMON, holding his sister’s grandson, and Aviya’s daughter Tahel.

A gaping hole is left in the shop front of the Sbarro pizzeria after a suicide bombing, August 9, 2001

Fight for Second Intifada victims reopens with $655 million judgment against PA - interview

A federal appeals court has reinstated a $655.5 million judgment against the Palestinian Authority and PLO, more than two decades after American families sued over attacks from the Second Intifada.

MAY 14, 2026|ByGABRIEL COLODRO/THE MEDIA LINE

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah (L) and Hamas politburo member Khalil al-Hayya.

PA ordered to pay $655.5 million to Intifada victims after NY Appeals Court reinstates prior ruling

Last week, a federal Court of Appeals judge ruled to reinstate the original 2015 decision of Sokolow v. the Palestinian Authority.

APRIL 5, 2026|ByMATHILDA HELLER

WORKING OUT of the Talpaz Ceramic Studio in the Saltiel Community Center, in Jerusalem’s Armon Hanatziv neighborhood. She gives classes there as well.

Francine Bork Strausberg: Living a perfectly imperfect life in Israel

While more elegant and ornate pottery may be found in other studios, Strausberg takes pride in creating unique yet practical pieces that people enjoy every day.

FEBRUARY 7, 2026|BySUSAN DE LA FUENTE

Justice: the second Intifada

As previously mentioned, the jury did not require very long to find the PLO and PA guilty of supporting the terrorist attacks in which we and other American families were harmed.

APRIL 9, 2018ByALAN JOSEPH BAUER

U.S. Supreme Court throws out $655m. historic terrorism ruling against PA

The move was a blow to efforts to hold the case liable in American courts for terror incidents in Israel that killed 33 US citizens during the Second Intifada.

APRIL 2, 2018ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

A policeman investigates the site of an explosion in a Tel Aviv cafe in 2002. The book takes place against the backdrop of the second intifada.

Invitation to an intifada: Part 2

Thirty years on, a former soldier recounts 30 days that opened his eyes to the price of occupation

DECEMBER 13, 2017ByLAWRENCE RIFKIN

A PALESTINIAN woman and an Israeli soldier exchange glances as he passes her house in Rafah, at the southernmost part of the Gaza Strip, 10 days after the start of the first intifada in 1987

Court: PA, terrorists liable for NIS 62 million for 2001 murder of 3 Israelis

Three Israelis were killed in the shooting attack, which took place during the bloody Second Intifada.

NOVEMBER 19, 2017ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

Vehicles drive on Highway 443 past the West Bank Jewish settlement of Beit Horon

IDF commanders keep the calm in the West Bank

A month after the Temple Mount crisis, any report is considered a possible terror attack and is treated as such until troops know otherwise.

AUGUST 22, 2017ByANNA AHRONHEIM

IDF forces work to maintain calm in the West Bank

Survivors' film on Tel Aviv suicide bombing takes on radical Islam

'The Last Sermon' is the brainchild of Jack Baxter and Joshua Faudem, both survivors of a bombing in 2003 at the Tel Aviv beachfront bar Mike’s Place that they were able to capture on film.

MAY 3, 2017ByLINDA GRADSTEIN/THE MEDIA LINE

Memorial plaque to the victims of the "Mike's Place" suicide bombing that killed three victims in 2003

'Fifteen years after Op. Defensive Shield, situation on the ground completely different'

Lt.-Col. Pinto, who fought in Ramallah examines the situation 15 years after the largest military operation in the West Bank since the '67 war, which 29 IDF soldiers and over 250 Palestinians dead

APRIL 24, 2017ByANNA AHRONHEIM