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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That year, troops raided several cities at the height of a Palestinian uprising, known as the second intifada, which began with protests before leading to a surge in Palestinian attacks on civilians in Israel.
—Fatima Abdulkarim, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Barghouti, who once was a commander in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, was given a life sentence for dispatching assailants and suicide bombers to carry out attacks that killed Israeli civilians during the second intifada.
—Greg Norman, Fox News, 15 Feb. 2025
The result was violence, both during the second intifada between 2000 and 2005, and in a series of deadly battles between Israel and Hamas in and near Gaza between 2008 and 2014.
—Peter L. Hahn / Made By History, TIME, 6 Feb. 2025
By the time the second intifada broke out in 2000, many of the camp’s teenagers joined militant groups.
—Maha Nassar, The Conversation, 22 Jan. 2025
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Fatima Abdulkarim, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Barghouti, who once was a commander in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, was given a life sentence for dispatching assailants and suicide bombers to carry out attacks that killed Israeli civilians during the second intifada.
—Greg Norman, Fox News, 15 Feb. 2025
The result was violence, both during the second intifada between 2000 and 2005, and in a series of deadly battles between Israel and Hamas in and near Gaza between 2008 and 2014.
—Peter L. Hahn / Made By History, TIME, 6 Feb. 2025
By the time the second intifada broke out in 2000, many of the camp’s teenagers joined militant groups.
—Maha Nassar, The Conversation, 22 Jan. 2025
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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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