The Intifada, 5 Years Later
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Soon after the intifada was launched, leading Palestinian Arab officials began to confide to the Arabic press that it was not a spontaneous phenomenon, and that the Oslo Accords were only viewed as a temporary strategic stage, rather than an attempt at a permanent peace. The Palestinian Authority communications minister, Imad Al-Faluji, in an interview with the Lebanese daily Al-Safir on March 3, 2001, explained, “Whoever thinks that the intifada broke out because of the despised Sharon’s visit to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, is wrong…This intifada was planned in advance, ever since President Arafat’s return from the Camp David negotiations…”
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