|
|
صفحة: 121
The Intifada In late 1987 , the Intifada , meaning “ shaking off” or “ uprising” in Arabic , broke out in the Gaza Strip and in Arab towns and villages on the West Bank . The Palestinians living in these areas rebelled against Israeli control , rioting in the streets . Children threw stones at Israeli soldiers , and Israeli soldiers responded with tear gas and rubber and plastic bullets . Some soldiers panicked , shooting and killing civilians . In September 1991 , the Israeli army announced that since the beginning of the Intifada , 1 , 225 Arabs and 13 Israeli soldiers had been killed . People in Israel and around the world wanted the fighting to stop . What Do You Think ? In Lebanon in September 1982 , the IDF permitted their Christian partners—the Phalange––to enter the Palestinian refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila . The Phalange slaughtered 2 , 300 men , women , and children . The IDF did nothing to stop them . In response , 400 , 000 Israelis demonstrated in Tel Aviv demanding that the government investigate why the IDF had not stopped the Phalange . Do you think that Israeli citizens should be permitted to protest military decisions ? What about Jews living outside of Israel––should their opinions count ? Why ? Israeli troops leaving Lebanon
|
|