intifada
noun
in·ti·fa·da
ˌin-tə-ˈfä-də 
plural intifadas
: uprising, rebellion
specifically
: an armed uprising of Palestinians against Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip
I was a college student at Tufts University in December 1987, when the first Palestinian intifada began. —
Hady Amr
Hady Amr … in 2000, the second intifada struck with the force of an earthquake. As Palestinians fought Israeli troops, the West Bank became all but ungovernable. —Karen E. Lange
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Darshan-Leitner started filing lawsuits against Islamic terrorists and their organizations as a private lawyer during the beginning of the second intifada.
—airmail.news, 20 Jan. 2024
The military’s actions in the West Bank were long shrouded in secrecy, but experts said Israel had largely refrained from conducting airstrikes on the territory since the end of the second intifada, nearly 20 years ago.
—Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
In her afterword, Hammad recalls meeting an oral historian who had interviewed a Palestinian woman in her living room in London at the time of the second intifada.
—Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
One of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s most prominent officials, Barghouti is now serving multiple life sentences in Israeli prisons for his involvement in the second intifada from 2000 to 2002.
—Marwan Muasher, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2024
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airmail.news, 20 Jan. 2024
The military’s actions in the West Bank were long shrouded in secrecy, but experts said Israel had largely refrained from conducting airstrikes on the territory since the end of the second intifada, nearly 20 years ago.
—Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
In her afterword, Hammad recalls meeting an oral historian who had interviewed a Palestinian woman in her living room in London at the time of the second intifada.
—Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
One of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s most prominent officials, Barghouti is now serving multiple life sentences in Israeli prisons for his involvement in the second intifada from 2000 to 2002.
—Marwan Muasher, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2024
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intifada
noun
in·ti·fa·da
ˌint-ə-ˈfäd-ə
Etymology
Arabic intifāda, literally, "the act of shaking off"
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