Palestinians Push for Third Intifada

Palestinian militant groups are pushing for a “third intifada” in Israel to combat what they call the “Judaization” of Jerusalem, according to Arabic reports.

The group Islamic Jihad rallied hundreds of Palestinians in support of an uprising against Israel during a gathering Thursday evening at the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza,according to the Palestinian Press Agency.

Islamic Jihad leaders urged Palestinians to rise up in pursuit of a “third victory of the al-Aqsa Mosque,” the Muslim holy site located on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, according to the report.

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“Things have not been quiet,” said Jonathan Schanzer, a Middle East expert at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD). “It’s been a slow and steady simmering beneath the surface with regular clashes week after week.”

“The potential for a third intifada has been there,” said Schanzer, noting that the peace process tends to rekindle “deep seated anger and frustration.”

However, this time around, there is the “possibility of not only an intifada but an intrafada” that could take out Abbas, Schanzer said.

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