"Palestinians have been waging an uprising against occupation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip since September 2000."
This would be the correct version:
"Palestinians have been waging an uprising against the existence of Israel and have conducted an animalistic terror campaign since September 2000. Arafat turned down a peace, that would have given him the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza. Arafat prefered terrorism."
"Palestinians have been waging an uprising against
occupation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
since September 2000."
It does not surprise me. Reuters is the news agency that forbids its writers to call the perpetrators of Sept. 11 "terrorists" on the grounds that "one man's terrorist is another freedom fighter".