Intifada In The Israel Palestine Conflict: 6 Things To Know About Fears Of Popular Uprising

Two consecutive weeks of violence that has left dozens of Palestinians and eight Israelis dead, and scores more injured, is prompting fears of a kind of uprising not seen in the Middle East for a decade.

A period of Intifada - or mass uprising - has not been seen since the early 2000s, having twice in the past 30 years.

Nonetheless, commentators are beginning to place the events of the past fortnight into the context of previous periods of prolonged violence...