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intifada
[ in-tuh-fah-duh ]
noun
- (sometimes initial capital letter) a revolt begun in December 1987 by Palestinian Arabs to protest Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
intifada
/ ˌɪԳɪˈɑːə /
noun
- the Palestinian uprising against Israel in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that started at the end of 1987
intifada
- Arabic for uprising. Starting in 1987, Palestinians have engaged in an intermittent intifada against Israel on the West Bank and Gaza Strip in their pursuit of a Palestinian state.
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of intifada1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of intifada1
Example Sentences
But the talks were irrelevant, drowned out by the violence raging on the streets of the West Bank and Gaza, where the second Palestinian uprising, or "intifada", had erupted the previous September.
Uprisings - called intifadas - against Israeli occupation, and reprisals and crackdowns by Israel have also taken place.
The reported incidents included chants of “death to Israel” and “intifada now” and complaints that checkpoints at the encampment allegedly denied entry to Jewish students who refused to denounce Zionism.
At City Hall, a protest leader led the crowd in a chant of “There is only one solution, intifada revolution!”
The guide uses these questions to assess some of the terms and slogans commonly used in the protests, including “From the river to the sea,” “intifada,” “apartheid,” “genocide” and “By any means necessary.”
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