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The First Palestinian Intifada

In 1987, the first Palestinian uprising, or intifada, started in Gaza. Maher Nasser worked for the UN in Gaza and tells Witness about life there before and during the unrest.

In 1987, the first Palestinian intifada, or uprising, against Israeli military rule began in Gaza. Palestinian-born Maher Nasser had gone to work for the United Nations in Gaza shortly before the intifada began; and he tells Witness what life was like there before and during the unrest.

(Photo: a Palestinian demonstrator throws a rock during violent protests against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, in December 1987. Credit: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images)

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Thu 24 Jul 2014 07:50GMT

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