In 2000,confrontations at the site of the al-Aqsa mosque and the Western Wall sparked a bloody, Palestinian uprising known as the Second Intifada, which lasted for several years.

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Over the past six months, the religious part of the conflict seems to have waxed, not waned: Palestinians have called their latest uprising the al-Aqsa intifada, after the mosque on Temple Mount.

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After the start of the latest intifada in 2000, a special Fatah unit was created for operations against Israel, known as the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.

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