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Intifada (Arabic: انتفاضة, romanized: intifāḍah) is an Arabic word for a rebellion or uprising, or a resistance movement.It can be used to refer to an uprising against oppression.
The February 6 Intifada or February 6 uprising in West Beirut took place on 6 February 1984 during the Lebanese Civil War. [1] It was a battle where the Shia Amal Movement and the Druze Progressive Socialist Party decisively defeated the Lebanese army and the Multinational Force present in Lebanon that supported it.
Globalize the Intifada is a slogan that has been used for advocating for global activism in support of Palestinian resistance against Israeli occupation. The term intifada being derived from the Arabic word nafada meaning to "shake off", refers to Palestinian uprisings or resistance against Israeli control, and the call to "globalize" it suggests extending the spirit and actions of these ...
The Arab Students also criticized Randhawa’s definition of the word intifada. “Intifada literally means ‘shaking off,’ it is a call for Palestinian liberation from Israeli oppression ...
The protest — organized by the Palestinian Youth Movement, the Party for Socialism and Liberation and the People’s Forum — was led in a chant of “There is only one solution: Intifada ...
As the First Intifada continued despite the Israeli government's use of force, and as the Intifada grew more violent, the Israeli government began to shift strategies, de-emphasising the use of force, reducing the number of soldiers deployed to the Palestinian Territories, and reducing the severity of the restrictions placed on Palestinians. [32]
As the crowd marched through midtown Manhattan and coalesced around a stage in Times Square, attendees called for an “intifada revolution.” Others mocked the murder of Israeli civilians.
Fatah has "Member Party" status at the Socialist International ... During the Second Intifada, the group was a member of the Palestinian National and Islamic Forces.