Intifada: The Palestinian Uprising--Israel's Third Front

In 1987, after 20 years of Israeli occupation, the West Bank and Gaza erupted in Palestinian rebellion and the Israelis, the PLO and the Jordanians were all taken by surprise. Drawing on wide-ranging sources and exclusive documents, Schiff and Ya'ari describe how this spontaneous outburst developed into an organized revolt, which has become, in effect, a third front for Israel.