The First Palestinian uprising, or the Stone uprising, was given this name because stones were the tool of attack and defense used by the resistance fighters against members of the Israeli army, and the young stone throwers were also known as the Stone Children.The intifada is a form of spontaneous, popular Palestinian protest against the miserable general situation in the camps, the spread of unemployment, the insult to national feeling, and the daily oppression practiced by the Israeli occupation authorities against the Palestinians.