Non-Violent Social Movements

Following Israel's victory in the 6 Day War of 1967, the nation drastically expanded t's borders. After the war Israel came to occupy the West Bank, Gaza Strip, the Sinai Peninsula, and the Golan Heights, and the Palestinians who lived in these areas. After the war, the Palestinian Liberation Organization, formed in 1964, continued the conflict against the Israelis. The PLO engaged in some terrorist activities against Israeli civilian and military targets, but also used non-violent protests in order to achieve an independent Palestinian state.
In opposition to the growing numbers of Israeli setters moving into the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem, the Palestinians launched the first Intifada in the 1980s. The tactics used in the first Intifada included boycotting Israeli products and refusing to pay taxes. When the IDF cracked don on these measures, violence began. The ensuing conflict saw terrible bloodshed on both sides, with over 100 Israelis killed and over 2,000 Palestinians. The conflict also saw the first use of suicide bombings in 1993, that killed 2 and injured around a dozen. The conflict had a tremendous affect on the policies of both the Israelis and the Palestinians. In 1993, both sides came to the negotiating table in the Oslo Accords. They provided self-government in the Palestinian territories in return for the recognition of the State of Israel. These talks were followed by a second the second Oslo Accords. When neither provided an independent Palestinian state, the dissatisfied Palestinian youth engaged in the much more violent, Second Intifada.