0 a violent act of oppostion by the Palestinian people to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip:
Since the beginning of the current intifada, 1,162 homes have been destroyed.
Figures for subsequent years are not available but the impact of the intifada has increased problems with access to clean water for many families.
However, the brutal violence of the last fortnight, and indeed over the last 33 months of the intifada, has deepened animosities and intensified emotional hatreds.
Our thoughts are very much with the families of all those who have suffered so grievously since the intifada started.
Fear breeds the violence of the intifada on the one side and disproportionate reactions, including the security fence, on the other.
Our figures are 870 deaths and many thousands of injuries since the beginning of the intifada.
Since the start of the intifada, the regular all-out strikes, combined with the uprising have brought the economy almost to a standstill.
Trust becomes visible in the form of increasing numbers of charitable organizations, their broadening role during the second intifada, and even election outcomes.
