21st Century Jerusalem: Lecture 18.1 - March 10, 2011

           In May of 2000, Israel withdrew from Southern Lebanon, leading to the Second Intifada, and two years later in 2002 Israel began the construction of the West Bank Barrier. In 2005 the Israelis were forcibly removed from Gaza as a result of “Israel’s Unilateral Disengagement Plan.” A year after Israel engaged in the Lebanon War, followed by the Palestinian Civil War in 2007. Conflicts continued throughout the years and leaving Jerusalem in a rocky state with an unpredictable future.