Bethelehem, Gaza, Hebron, Ramallah - December 8, 1997 and file
Hebron, West Bank, December 8, 1997
1. Rally marking the Intifadah anniversary - poster on wall
2. Boy waving a flag
3. People cheering
Jabaliya refugee camp, Gaza strip, December 8, 1997
4. Tomb of Hatem Abu-Sisseh
5. Close shot tombstone
6. Establisher Nimeh Abu-Sisseh, mother of Hatem, with sons and
Hatem's picture
7. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Nimeh Abu-Sisseh, Arabic
8. Hatem's brother holding his picture
File - Hebron, West Bank
9. Various Palestinian throwing stones at Israeli army jeep
10. Various Israeli soldiers shooting towards Palestinians
Bethlehem, West Bank
11. Meeting of former Intifadah leaders
12. Meeting seen on TV screens
13. Establisher Marwan Barguti, former leader of the PLO in the
west bank and today Palestinian council member
14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Marwan Barguti, former leader of the PLO in the West Bank and today Palestinian council member
Ramallah, West Bank - December 8, 1997
15. Zoom out of Palestinian flag
16. SOUNDBITE Saeb Erekat, Chief Palestinian negotiator
Jabaliya refugee camp, Gaza strip
17. People on a refugee camp street
18. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Nimeh Abu-Sisseh, Arabic
19. Mattress leaned on wall
20. Brothers of Hatem with his picture
Arabic/Nat
Singing nationalistic songs, about 2,000 Palestinians marched Monday to mark the 10th anniversary of their uprising against Israeli rule.
The demonstrators, at Islamic University in the West Bank city of Hebron, waved banners reading "No peace without prisoner releases" and "No peace without a settlement freeze."
Far from there, at the Jebaliya refugee camp, whenever Nimeh Abu Sisseh speaks her son's name, her face fill with grief.
That was on December 8, 1987, when her 16-year-old son Hatem, one of a crowd of camp dwellers hurling stones and firebombs at Israeli soldiers, became the first person to die in the long and bloody Palestinian uprising against Israeli rule.
Today Nimeh Abu-Sisseh recalls her son's memory as a 'Shahid' - a martyr.
SOUNDBITE: (Arabic)
"We are proud of him, it is a great honor, may god bless him. This is how he wanted to die, he is a martyr for the sake of Abu Amar (Arafat) and Palestain."
SUPER CAPTION: Nimeh Abu-Sisseh, mother of Hatem
In the seven years that followed, 1306 Palestinians were killed by Israelis, and 192 Israelis were slain by Palestinians.
An additional 822 Palestinians, mainly accused of some form of collaboration with the Israelis, were killed by other Palestinians.
The uprising led to Israeli-Palestinian negotiations that eventually produced the Oslo accords, which set a framework for eventual Palestinian autonomy.
The Intifadah anniversary brought together former intifadah leaders from various parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip to mark the occasion.
Most of today's leaders were either deported or jailed during the uprising.
Marawan Bargouthi, today a member of the Palestinian legislative council, was deported to Lebanon during the intifadah.
He says the Intifadah has eventually led to the creation of the Palestinian authority.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"The Palestinian people, for the first time in his life discover that he has to depend on himself and that he has to stop to depend on the others... and second I think it was the big message in our history since the 67 war... the occupation that the Palestinian people will not live with the occupation."
SUPER CAPTION: Marwan Barguti, former leader of the PLO in the West Bank and today Palestinian council member
Palestinian chief negotiator, Saeb Erekat, says the Intifadah is a symbol of freedom for the Palestinians.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"The Intifada for the Palestinian people was a message, for their freedom, their independence, their rejection of occupation. And it's a message through the most backward technology the human possess, the stone, to a nation that possess the most modern technology - the nuclear weapons - that Palestinian independence, the liberation of our land, is above anything else."
SUPER CAPTION: Saeb Erekat, Chief Palestinian negotiator
But back in the Jabaliya, now under Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority, the refugee camp is still impoverished.
Nimeh Abu Sisseh complains that nothing was for them by the authority that has declared her son as a martyr.
SOUNDBITE: (Arabic)
"Nothing has been done for us, as you see our house remain the same. We keep asking for help but no one is responding, the president visited us here but nothing has been done yet."
SUPER CAPTION: Nimeh Abu-Sisseh, mother of Hatem
