1987

The year 1987 marked the beginning of the First Intifada, a spontaneous popular uprising that emerged from two decades of Israeli military occupation following the 1967 war. What started with the December 9 traffic incident near Jabalia refugee camp quickly spread into a mass movement of civil disobedience, general strikes, and popular resistance across the West Bank and Gaza Strip. This period from 1967-1987 established the fundamental dynamics of occupation that persist today: systematic land confiscation, settlement expansion, economic dependency, and comprehensive military control.