The "French Intifada" is not a widely held perspective on the urban rioting which occurred predominantly in the urban conglomerations north of Paris, France in October 2005. It is a sociologically inaccurate referent which reflects the concern in the media to establish whether or not Islam was a determinant factor in the rioting.
Despite the tear-gas bombing of a Mosque by CRS (riot police), press, politicians, Imams and community leaders affirmed throughout that Islam was not a factor in the youth rioting, and that it was more related to the discriminations faced by youths of foreign descent (d'origine étrangère).
Unemployment amongst French youths in the Banlieue stands at around twice the national average for similarly educated youths of French origin.
On 16 November, The French parliament approved a three-month extension of the state of emergency (which ended on the 4 January 2006 [9]) aimed at curbing riots by urban youths.
The BBC reported that French society's negative perceptions of Islam and social discrimination of immigrants had alienated some FrenchMuslims and may have been a factor in the causes of the riots; "Islam is seen as the biggest challenge to the country's secular model in the past 100 years" [26].
The al-Aqsa Intifada (Arabic: انتفاضة الاقصى, Intifādat El Aqsa or Intifādat Al Aqsa; Hebrew: אינתיפאדת אל אקצה (or hyphenated אינתיפאדת אל-אקצה), Intifadat El Aqtzah) is the wave of violence that began in September 2000 between Palestinian Arabs and Israelis; it is also called the Second Intifada (see also First Intifada).
Many Palestinians consider the intifada to be a war of national liberation against foreign occupation, whereas many Israelis consider it to be a terrorist campaign.
Since the start of the Al-Aqsa Intifada and its emphasis on suicide bombers deliberately targeting civilians riding public transportation (buses), the Oslo Accords are viewed with increasing disfavor by the Israeli public.
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