Some call this a third intifada, or uprising, succeeding those that started in 1987 and 2000. Others reject that label, at least for now, though the situation may still deteriorate. The earlier outbreaks of violence were larger and bloodier; the second intifada lasted for more than four years and took around 1,000 Israeli and 3,000 Palestinian lives, though the weekly death toll was not much higher than now.
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