term given to various uprisings of the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip beginning in the 1980s
Palestinian uprising against Israel, launched in December 1987, after rumors spread that four Palestinians killed in a traffic accident had been killed by Israelis in a purposeful act of revenge for the fatal stabbing of an Israeli shopper in Gaza. The intifada is credited with bringing the Palestinian desire for self-determination to worldwide media attention.
Palestinian uprisings of 1987-1993 and 2000-present, against Israeli occupation
An Arabic word that roughly translates as uprising, and is most commonly applied to the vicious conflict, almost exactly a year old, between Israelis and Palestinians. More than 750 people have lost their lives, the great majority of them Palestinians.
(in-tee-FAH-duh): An Arabic word for uprising. Palestinian demonstrators have been chanting "intifada," as well as holding banners declaring intifada. The term refers to a Palestinian protest movement that began in the late 1980s. In that uprising many protesters, including children, threw rocks at Israeli soldiers.
Arabic term which means "uprising," which took place in 1987 following the killing of serval Arabs in the Gaza Strip. A second intifada took place following Ariel Sharon's visit to the Temple Mount in 2000.
Beginning in 1987, the attack of the Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem on the Israelis seeking the end of Israeli occupation in these territories.
"Shaking off" in Arabic. There was an intifada in the Occupied Territories from 1987-1993 and a second one that began in September of 2000. The stated goal of both intifadas has been to end Israeli control of the territories.
an uprising conducted by the Palestinian people in the Occupied Territories against the state of Israel
(Arabic, uprising.) Campaign (often violent) beginning in 1987, of Palestinian protest against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Arabic, literally "shaking off.” Palestinian civil uprising in Gaza and the West Bank, December,1987-September, 1993, to protest Israeli occupation.
Most commonly, and very loosely, translated as "uprising". The word first gained common currency during bloody disturbances which erupted in the occupied territories towards the end of 1987, and continued for nearly six years. That intifada is widely credited with forcing the Israelis to re-think their occupation strategy, and to enter negotiations with Yasser Arafat's Palestine Liberation Organisation.
Arab term meaning uprising or shaking off. Generally applied to organized Palestinian rebellions against Israeli occupation.
