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The Path to the Intifada

The Path to the Intifada. Three Factors. Economic and Social Change in the Territories Political frustration with Israel, the Arabs, and the PLO The emergence of local leaders. 1967-1986. 1967-1980 = a period of economic growth Income growth due to access to Israeli labor markets

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The Path to the Intifada

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  1. The Path to the Intifada

  2. Three Factors • Economic and Social Change in the Territories • Political frustration with Israel, the Arabs, and the PLO • The emergence of local leaders

  3. 1967-1986 • 1967-1980 = a period of economic growth • Income growth due to access to Israeli labor markets • Wealth growth to access to oil-rich Arab states • 1981-1986 = period of decline • Saturation of the Israeli market • Collapse of oil prices

  4. Occupational Distribution

  5. Palestinian incomes as %

  6. Political frustration with Israel • Increase in Jewish settlements in W. Bank • Decreased Israeli concern over the W. Bank • Fear of re-enactment of 1930s • Political stasis in Israeli politics and preference for a “Jordanian” option

  7. Political frustration with Arabs • Arab concern with Iran-Iraq war (1980-1987) displaced Palestine on the agenda • Arab states had defeated and marginalized the PLO

  8. Frustration with the PLO • Was Tunis a place for confrontation or retreat? • A symbol of Palestinian “steadfastness” or a political organization with real responsibilities?

  9. The Emergence of Local Leaders • Bassam Shaka – Mayor of Nablus • Elected 1976; victim of bombing by Israeli terrorist in 1980 • Zafer al-Masri – Mayor of Nablus • Appointed mayor in 1986; murdered by PFLP in 1986 • Sari Nusseibeh • Faisal al-Husseini

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