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intifada the Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, beginning in 1987. The word comes from Arabic
intifāḍa ‘an uprising’ (literally ‘a jumping up as a reaction to something’) from
intifaḍa ‘be shaken, shake oneself’.
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Intifada leadership: Continue the uprising
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 9/25/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Jerusalem Post 09-25-2001 Headline: Intifada leadership: Continue the uprising Byline...mark the end of the first year of the intifada, its leadership yesterday urged the...politically. "The enemies doubt the intifada's ability to fulfill its goals...
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The intifada and its impact on the banking system in the state of Israel.
Magazine article from: American Economist; 3/22/1993; ; 700+ words
; Introduction The Intifada -- Arabic for uprising has had an...This paper discusses the effect of the Intifada to both sectors as seen from the perspective...integration of these two sectors in the pre Intifada period and their divergence during...
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What would be at stake in a third intifada?
Newspaper article from: The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon); 10/19/2009; 700+ words
; ...explosion of violence or even a third intifada, it is crucial to review what is at...explosion of violence or even a third intifada, it is crucial to review what is at...even welcoming the prospect of a third intifada or the dismantling of the Palestinian...
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Roundup: Palestinians mark 9 year anniversary of Intifada
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 9/28/2009; 700+ words
; ...Palestinians mark 9 year anniversary of Intifada by Saud Abu Ramada, Emad Drimly GAZA...the ninth-year-anniversary of the Intifada of al-Aqsa, or Uprising, without...when I evaluate the nine years of the Intifada, I would say the outcomes were negative...
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Analysis: Palestinians debate over outcome of 4-year intifada
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 9/29/2004; 700+ words
; ...Palestinians debate over outcome of 4-year intifada by Saud Abu Ramadan GAZA, Sept. 29...Palestinians mark the fourth anniversary of the intifada (uprising) against Israel, they argued...the benefits and negative results this intifada has brought about. Some people in Gaza...
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`The intifada in its entirety was a mistake'
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 10/6/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Post 10-06-2004 Headline: `The intifada in its entirety was a mistake' Byline...there was Camp David and after that the intifada. Sharon's visit [to the Temple Mount...a bad beginning after which came the intifada, and the continuation [of the intifada...
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PALESTINIANS ARGUE OVER INTIFADA BENEFITS
News Wire article from: United Press International; 9/29/2004; 700+ words
; ...09-29-2004 Palestinians argue over intifada benefits GAZA, Sep 29, 2004 (United...Palestinians mark the fourth anniversary of the intifada, arguments over the benefits of the...them. Many Palestinians say that the intifada brought them nothing except death and...
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Fallout From The Intifada: Six years of fruitless battle have left
Newspaper article from: The Jewish Week; 6/16/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...Week 06-16-1994 Fallout From The Intifada: Six years of fruitless battle have...west bank and Gaza immortalized as the intifada. Indeed, the clips of elite Israeli...ragtag children? Were the mistakes of the intifada strategic or merely tactical? And what...
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Intifada minus
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 4/11/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...camp, and - as lore now has it - the intifada was born. Those looking to draw parallels...violence today in the territories and to the intifada of 10 years ago, would do well to look...a period of heightened tension. THE INTIFADA has turned into the benchmark against...
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Twenty years in the making: the Palestinian Intifada of 1987.
Magazine article from: Nebula; 6/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; Abstract Why did the Intifada of 1987 take place? The independent...the dependent variable at hand, the Intifada of 1987. After 20 years of occupation...conflict is mono-causal, and the Intifada is far from being an exception to this...
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Aqsa Intifada, Al-
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
AQSA INTIFADA, AL- A Palestinian uprising against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Al-Aqsa Intifada, or the Second Intifada, began after Ariel Sharon, a leader of Israel's right-wing...
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Intifada (1987–1991)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
INTIFADA (1987 – 1991) Palestinian uprising. The Intifada erupted in Israeli-occupied Gaza and the West Bank...During the twenty years of occupation prior to the Intifada, about half the land in the West Bank was taken over...
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Intifada, The
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Intifada, The The Arabic term intifada — “ the act of shaking-off ”...rapidly to the rest of the occupied Palestinian territories. The intifada represented both a departure from as well as a reproduction of...
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Intifada
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Intifada (Arabic, ‘uprising’...River Jordan and the Gaza Strip . The Intifada began in 1987 and was a sustained attempt...handed policing tactics. By early 1995 the Intifada had claimed more than 1400 Palestinian...
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intifada
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
intifada (Arabic, ‘uprising’) A sustained campaign of violence, which began late in 1987, by Palestinian residents...
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