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Third Intifada

Palestinians attend the funeral of 14-year-old Aws Hamdi Al-Naasan and 32-year-old Jihad Marzouq Abu Naim, who were reportedly killed by settler fire, in Al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah, in the West Bank, April 22, 2026. (Flash90)
May 19, 2026, 3:23 pm
As West Bank conditions grow dire, Palestinian despair hasn’t curdled into violence, yet
Settler attacks, economic hardship and collapsing faith in peace drive anger, but experts say fear, pragmaticism and tight Israeli security keep unrest at bay, at least for now
By Stav Levaton
Founder of Israeli Stage Guy Ben-Aharon, who has produced more than 30 staged readings and full productions of Israeli plays since 2010 (courtesy)
May 18, 2018, 6:14 pm
Boston theater producer happy to air Israel’s ‘dirty laundry’ on stage
After several major Israeli theaters passed on Joshua Sobol’s ‘The Last Act,’ a small American troupe took on staging the ‘politically potent’ play’s world premiere on May 18
By Matt Lebovic
Hamas supporters take part in a rally marking the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Islamist terror group, in Gaza City on December 14, 2017. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)
December 14, 2017, 4:45 pm
At 30th anniversary rally, Hamas vows to force US reversal on Jerusalem
Terror group’s leader calls for weekly protests across the region until Trump retracts his declaration recognizing Israel’s capital
By Dov Lieber and AP
Israeli security forces detain a Palestinian protester on December 9, 2017, in East Jerusalem. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)
December 9, 2017, 10:11 pm
Israeli decision not to limit access to Jerusalem prayers helped reduce protests
In times of tension, Israel often bans younger Palestinian males from prayers at Temple Mount. On Friday, it showed that, despite Trump’s speech, nothing had changed on the ground
By Dov Lieber
A 16-year-old Palestinian girl arrives at the Jerusalem District Court on December 11, 2015, where she is indicted on two counts of attempted murder for a November 23 stabbing attack in the capital. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 11, 2017, 3:30 pm
IDF report highlights Palestinians who ‘seek suicide’ through attacks
Military brief examines several cases of assaults it says were spurred by domestic problems, depression, despair or mental illness
By Dov Lieber
From left: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Speaker of Iran's Parliament Ali Larijani and Iranian Judicial head Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani attend a 2017 Conference in Support of the Palestinian Intifada (Screen capture: Mehr News Agency)
February 22, 2017, 8:33 pm
Rouhani: Iran pays heavy price to support Palestinians
Iranian president says all Muslim countries must be ready to fight Israel, no matter the cost
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, August 1, 2016. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
February 21, 2017, 1:07 pm
Iran’s supreme leader backs ‘holy intifada’ to destroy ‘cancer’ Israel
At conference backing violent uprising, Khamenei says no people in history ever suffered as badly as Palestinians
By Raphael Ahren
Israeli police secure the scene where a car driven by a Palestinian terrorist was intercepted by the police and the gunman shot dead in Jerusalem Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
October 9, 2016, 11:14 pm
Does the Jerusalem terror attack signal a new uprising?
Sunday’s shooting revealed a subtle but important shift in Palestinian discourse, and suggests that the recent period of relative calm may be ending
By Avi Issacharoff
Ezra Schwartz, far left, was murdered by a Palestinian terrorist south of Jerusalem on November 19, 2015. At the time, Schwartz was spending a gap year at a Beit Shemesh yeshiva. Here he poses with his four younger siblings in Sharon, Massachusetts. (Facebook)
May 11, 2016, 3:27 am
Teen US terror victim memorialized in musical tribute
As Israel remembers its fallen soldiers and victims of terror, musician Rebecca Teplow releases song dedicated to 18-year-old Ezra Schwartz, who was murdered in November
By Cathryn J. Prince
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on April 10, 2016. (Amit Shabi/Flash90/Pool)
April 10, 2016, 9:43 pm
PM: Today’s counter-terrorism akin to IDF’s major intifada campaign
‘We are acting against terror hotbeds,’ Netanyahu says, drawing parallel to 2002’s Operation Defensive Shield
By ToI Staff
Palestinians protest in front of Israeli security forces as they mark Land Day outside the compound of the Israeli-run Ofer prison near Betunia in the West Bank on March 30, 2016. (Flash90)
April 2, 2016, 2:03 am
‘Lone wolf intifada’ is not driven by religion, and for now it seems to be waning
A Palestinian Generation Y no longer feels beholden to an increasingly irrelevant PA leadership; instead, it increasingly supports ‘Israstine’ — one state for two peoples
By Avi Issacharoff
A 2014 Middle East Monitor cartoon shows an Israeli war plane bombing Gaza while a 'BDS' missile heads toward the plane. (Courtesy)
March 18, 2016, 3:34 pm
‘Apartheid Week’ really does threaten Israel, some experts warn
Going against prevailing wisdom, pro-Israel voices sound the alarm on Students for Justice in Palestine’s flagship project, saying the annual campus onslaught fuels attacks on Jewish students, erodes support for Israel
By Matt Lebovic
Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh waves to the crowd during an anti-Israel rally on February 26, 2016, in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah. (AFP/Said Khatib)
February 27, 2016, 12:37 am
Hamas chief: Israel, PA powerless to stop ‘intifada’
Ismail Haniyeh says surge in violence will be the ‘greatest strategic turning point in the history of the Palestinian struggle’
By Tamar Pileggi
Palestinian youths clash with Israeli security forces in Qabatiya, a town near Jenin in the northern West Bank, on February 4, 2016. (AFP/Jaafar Ashtiyeh)
February 7, 2016, 11:37 pm
Poll: Support for third intifada waning among Palestinians
Survey shows 42% back armed uprising, down from over 60% in December; majority would support Abbas over Hamas candidate
By ToI Staff
Appearing on January 28, 2016 at Brown University in Providence, Jewish Agency for Israel Chairman Natan Sharansky (left) and Hollywood legend Michael Douglas held a conversation on Jewish identity and pluralism. (Elan Kawesch/The Times of Israel)
January 29, 2016, 9:06 am
On tour, Douglas and Sharansky urge ‘a more inclusive’ Jewry
Hollywood star travels on campuses with Israel’s most famous refusenik, addressing Jewish pluralism and anti-Semitism
By Matt Lebovic
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