The leadership structure of the Unified National Leadership of the Uprising (UNLU) was decentralized, allowing for significant local autonomy and decision-making, enabling grassroots participation and mobilization.

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The uprising was a decentralized movement involving coordination between the underground leadership and the “people's committees” that sprang up

The intifada began with the decidedly decentralised grassroots leadership of the Unified National Leadership of the Uprising

The decentralised, democratic formations that were set up by the voluntary movement inspired and became the basis for the popular committees that led the first intifada

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The locus of power during the first intifada was with the local Palestinian people

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The intifada began with the decidedly decentralised grassroots leadership of the Unified National Leadership of the Uprising

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The uprising was a decentralized movement involving coordination between the underground leadership and the “people's committees” that sprang up

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The decentralised, democratic formations that were set up by the voluntary movement inspired and became the basis for the popular committees that led the first intifada

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