Second Intifada Deaths

How are there so many Palestinian civilian deaths? The tactics of the 2 sides are very different. Palestinians have no problems with suicide bombings that are targeted at civilians and launching rockets into residential areas. Israel has a strong military force and uses that to make life difficult for the Palestinians with checkpoints, curfews, and demolishing permit-less businesses. Only way I can think there would be Palestinian civilian deaths would be in case of collateral damage during targeted strikes against leaders or return fire.

Thanks, Natalie. I am back. It looks like this is the best chart so far concerning Second Intifada deaths. I find Swivel to be extremely frustrating to use. Classy MIT Frat Guy; please see btselem.org for the source of the data. They are an Israeli peace group. Please see their individual casualty details, and the Wikipedia article on the Second Intifada, for info on how all the casualties occurred. The Israeli security forces can be very reckless in their use of force. Even malicious at times, and uncaring of who they kill.

Natalie. Is it possible to change the weird title that Swivel put at the top of the bar chart?: "Palestinian Deaths by Groups vs. Second Intifada Deaths Population Israeli Deaths." I know it has to do somehow with what Swivel is comparing. But it should be below the chart in my opinion with some kind of notation in parentheses such as "(Swivel-speak. Feel free to ignore)". Otherwise, this title can really mess up the comprehension of the bar chart by the average reader. Especially since it is also in the page title at the top of the browser window.

Hi Chartsgraphs,

You're absolutely right -- Swivel does make pretty funky names for graphs once you start comparing things. However, it can be changed pretty easily by clicking the "edit" button next to the headline. I have changed the title of this graph to "Second Intifada Deaths."

I really appreciate your feedback and we are constantly working on improving Swivel. If you have any other questions about using Swivel or are frustrated about a certain feature, please don't hesitate to leave me a shoutout or to email us at support@swivel.com.