Palestinian boy throws stones at Israeli forces in 1987. Photo: AFP.
Mohammed Othman was 9 years old when the first Intifada broke out on December 9, 1987.
After World War II, conflicts between Arab and Jewish communities in British-ruled Palestine increased.
The Jews agreed with this plan of the United Nations and established the State of Israel in May 1948.
By 1967, the war between the Arabs and Israel continued to break out.
Israel controlled the West Bank and Gaza Strip after the 1967 war. Graphic: Washington Post.
Israel established a military government in the occupied lands and supported Jewish settlement in these areas.
On December 8, 1987, four Palestinians at the Jabaliya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip were run over and killed by an Israeli truck.
Palestinian teenagers took to the streets to protest, burning tires and throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails at Israeli police and troops.
This is the first time since the Arab-Israeli war broke out 40 years ago that Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip have participated in conflict with Israel.
Israel accused Syria, Iran and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) of inciting violence.
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Israel deployed about 80,000 soldiers to suppress the protests.
Israel implements a policy of `breaking the bones` of young protesters.
In six years, 1,258 Palestinians were killed by Jewish soldiers or settlers, according to an AFP tally based on Palestinian sources.
The Intifada movement peaked in November 1988, when the PLO declared the establishment of the State of Palestine.
In 1992, Israeli Labor Party leader Yitzhak Rabin became prime minister and pledged to accelerate the peace process with Palestine.
On September 13, 1993, the Oslo Accords were signed by Israel and the PLO in Washington, allowing the Palestinian side to self-rule parts of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
Israeli Prime Minister Rabin (left) shakes hands with PLO leader Arafat.
The PLO asked the Palestinians to stop attacking the Israeli army on September 24, 1993, ending the first uprising.
In 1995, Mr. Rabin was assassinated by a Jewish extremist.
The second Intifada broke out when Israeli right-wing leader Ariel Sharon visited the Al-Aqsa mosque in East Jerusalem on September 28, 2000.
After US President Donald Trump on December 6 announced his recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, many clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces broke out, raising concerns about the possibility of a third Intifada breaking out.
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