It is the first to attract international scientists to Israel since the start of the current intifada in September 2000, according to the Israeli Foreign Ministry.

Unfortunately, they were mostly Israelis, as tourism has been materially down since the start of the current intifada in 2000.

Now it refers to the growing phenomenon of suicide bombing, one of the most toxic developments of the current intifada.

At the best, before the current intifada, the children's association could take virtually its entire membership to retreats in Turkey or Cyprus.

His brother, Hussein, was the first Palestinian leader to be assassinated during the current intifada.

Oslo produced a euphoria, he said, and the current intifada collapsed it.

When the current intifada began in the fall of 2000, pro-Palestinian groups began staging war-crimes tribunals and other events to demonstrate against Israel.

And the current intifada was instigated by Yasir Arafat after he rejected a two-state solution at Camp David.

Yet it was clear after the current intifada began, in September 2000, that the old model was not going to work.

Why, then, is the current intifada different from other intifadas?