The Intifada: Causes And Effects

The purpose of this study is to analyze the uprising in the Territories of the Israel and the Palestinians and to assess its ramifications for the future. The study examines an alternative to the use of military force by Israel—by opening of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.

Table of Contents:
The Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies (JCSS) -- International Board of Trustees -- Summary -- Preface -- Introduction -- Causes of the Uprising -- Historical Background -- Violent Struggle and Civil Disobedience -- The IDF and the Uprising -- Ramifications of the Uprising -- Strategic Implications for the Future -- Epilogue -- Appendices -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Appendix 4 -- Leaflet no. 9 issued by the Unified National Leadership of the Popular Uprising -- Leaflet no. 28 issued by the PLO, the Unified National Leadership of the Uprising: “The Call of Independence” -- Appendix 7 -- Appendix 8 -- Appendix 9 -- Appendix 10 -- Appendix 11 -- The Mubarak Plan -- The Shultz Initiative -- The PNC Declaration of Independence of Palestine -- PNC Political Statement Calls for Settlement of Arab-Israel Conflict, International Conference -- Excerpts from Remarks made by Salah Khalaf at a Closed Meeting of the Palestine National Council, November 14, 1988 -- Arafat’s Statement at Press Conference in Geneva -- Shultz Says US Prepared for Dialogue with PLO -- The Israeli Government Peace Initiative

About the Author :
Aryeh Shalev. After the Israeli War of Independence, General Shalev became a member, and later head, of the Israel delegations to the Mixed Armistice Commissions with Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon. He was appointed IDF spokesman in 1963 and served in that post until after the Six-Day War. From September 1967 until April 1974 General Shalev headed the Production and Estimate Department of the Military Intelligence Directorate. From 1974 to 1976 he served as military governor of Judea and Samaria (the West Bank). General Shalev retired from the IDF in September 1977, after 33 years of military service. In January 1978 he joined the staff of the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University as a senior research fellow. From 1981 to 1984 he was deputy head of the Center. General Shalev’s most recent books are The West Bank: Line of Defense (New York: Praeger, 1985) and Cooperation under the Shadow of Conflict: The Israeli-Syrian Armistice Regime, 1949–1955 (Tel Aviv: Ministry of Defense Publishing House, 1989; Hebrew).