OTTAWA — It was September 2000, and Charlotte Kates was in college when violence erupted in the West Bank and Gaza.

It was the beginning of what would become known as the second intifada — a violent uprising whose Arabic name means “shaking off”— that left around 4,000 civilians dead and saw Palestinian terrorists carry out suicide bombings in Israel, triggering an Israeli military retaliation.

Kates made headlines after Vancouver police arrested her for praising the October 7 attacks by Hamas against Israel as "heroic and brave."{ai:summary}<p>In September 2000, Charlotte Kates was a college student during the onset of the second intifada, a violent uprising in the West Bank and Gaza. This conflict resulted in approximately 4,000 civilian deaths and included Palestinian suicide bombings, prompting Israeli military responses. </p><p>#politics</p>

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