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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 First Intifada (Arabic: الانتفاضة الأولى, romanized: al-Intifāḍa al-’Ūlā, lit. 'The First Uprising'), also known as the First Palestinian Intifada , [ 4 ] [ 6 ] was a sustained series of non-violent protests , acts of civil disobedience and riots carried out by Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian ...
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 Intifada and the Israeli government's response to it also had significant impacts on Israeli soldiers who were deployed to the Palestinian Territories. According to Eliezer Witztum and Ruth Malkinson of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev , "the perception of ‘a war that is not really a war’ and the ideological, political clash of ...
Second Intifada refers to a second Palestinian uprising, following the first Palestinian uprising, which occurred between December 1987 and 1993. "Intifada" (انتفاضة) translates into English as "uprising". Its root is an Arabic word meaning "the shaking off".
As Palestinians trek back to their bombed-out homes in the Gaza Strip after 15 months of war between its ruling Hamas party and Israel, President Donald Trump's proposed turning it into the ...
At every turn, I have encountered a community of activists and organizers that is eager to listen, ready to learn and committed to including Jewish voices and perspectives, writes fourth-year Yale ...
[6] [7] During the later stages of the Intifada, as the Israeli crackdown severly damaged the Palestinian economy and morale, and as the PLO leadership in exile attempted to take on greater day-to-day control over the Intifada, the UNLU began to lose control over the uprising and the uprising grew more violent during its last stages, including ...