Publication

2003

The invasion of Palestinian-controlled areas of the West Bank by Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), so-called "Operation Defensive Shield" launched on Good Friday 2002, fundamentally altered the terms of debate about international intervention in the crisis. After eighteen months of widening and deepening conflict, it was a concrete turning point in which the routinely visible characteristics of the intifadah uprising were replaced by the physical manifestation of near full reoccupation.

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Author Jarat Chopra
Series IAI International Spectator
Publisher Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)
Copyright © 2003 Istituto Affari Internazionali
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