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" A3. VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, LOSSES ON THE THREE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE AL-AQSA INTIFADA (COMPARATIVE STATISTICAL TABLE) "
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AL
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818340
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LA97196
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10.1525/jps.2004.33.2.161
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English
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A3. VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, LOSSES ON THE THREE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE AL-AQSA INTIFADA (COMPARATIVE STATISTICAL TABLE) [Article]
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Journal of Palestine Studies
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2004
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33/2
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161-164
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As the Journal of Palestine Studies has noted in tracking the al-Aqsa intifada since the outbreak of violence on 28 September 2000 (see Peace Monitors in JPS 118–129), figures for casualties and other losses often vary widely from source to source, and sometimes from report to report issued by a single organization. Tracking casualties and damage became particularly difficult, and indeed controversial, after Israel launched Operations Colorful Journey and Defensive Shield in spring 2002, when the pace and level of violence escalated dramatically, and Israeli restrictions on movement in the territories tightened. As a result, many groups stopped reporting comprehensive tolls altogether, while others ceased collecting specific data (e.g., injuries, trees uprooted, house demolitions). More groups have stopped reporting in 2003 as Israeli restrictions on international organizations tightened further. Since definitive, reliable statistics are hard to come by, the table below presents data on the first three years of the intifada as reported by several reputable human rights organizations (Israeli, Palestinian, and international), the IDF, the PA, the UN, and JPS's own in-house tally, along with some possible explanations for the discrepancies. JPS ran similar documents covering the first (Doc. A7 in JPS 122) and second (Doc. A2 in JPS 126) years of the intifada. The chart below was compiled by Michele K. Esposito.
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10.1525/jps.2004.33.2.161
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