From a legal (and some would argue an ethical) perspective, the onus of responsibility falls on the state of Israel for the violence and hardship Palestinians face.1 Moreover, much has been written with regards to the structural depen- dency of the PA on the Israeli occupation, and many have characterized the PA as merely a “subcontractor” of the Israeli government and its objectives (Amrov and Ta. [...] The main organizing institution of the intifada—the UNLU—emerged with the support and involvement of Fatah, the Popular Front, the Democra- tic Front, and the Palestinian Communist Party (Stork 1989, 70–73). [...] Following the Creation of the Palestinian Authority Patterns of mobilization across the Palestinian territories changed drastically following the creation of the PA. [...] The Second Intifada The change in capacity for mobilization across the territories overall, and in Jerusalem in particular, has no better illustration than in the events of the Second Intifada. [...] In fact, the political vacuum left by the PA’s neglect of the Jerusalem question, as well as the fragmented state of the remainder of the Palestinian territories, means that Palestinians in Jerusalem will continue to struggle in facing long-term threats.
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