Strategic Assessment

Although if and when the second intifada ended is subject to dispute, this article attempts to identify the end of that uprising by focusing on the incidence of suicide bombings, arguably the most important element of second intifada-related violence. By 2005, the widespread suicide bombings had clearly ebbed, due to a mix of Israeli preventive measures and internal Palestinian constraints. Although other forms of violence have intensified in the intervening years, they have not attained the same impact as suicide bombings.