intifada
noun
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Examples of intifada in a Sentence
Jean-Pierre Filiu, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2024
Videos of the protest showed protesters calling for an intifada, referring to two periods of unrest in the West Bank in which Palestinians clashed with Israeli authorities, on numerous occasions carrying out suicide bombings.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 18 Dec. 2023
Instead, the talks failed and the second intifada broke out, quickly becoming far more violent than the first.
—Dahlia Scheindlin, Foreign Affairs, 29 Nov. 2023
That experience came during the second intifada, or Palestinian uprising, in which the Israeli army battled Palestinian militants for several years starting in 2000 after peace talks collapsed.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2023
In 1989, during the first intifada, Israel cracked down on Hamas, forcing the movement’s leaders to flee to Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria.
—Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2023
Regional officials fear a return to levels of turbulence not seen since 2000, when a major uprising, known as the second intifada, by Palestinians against Israeli occupation occurred.
—Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2023
People are on edge: When Taylor spilled his hot coffee and yelled in pain, nearby people ran into the street, believing his cry signaled that Israeli soldiers had entered Ramallah and a third intifada had begun.
—Amelia Newcomb, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Nov. 2023
That was well into the Palestinian uprising that began in 1987, known as the first intifada.
—Gabriel San Román, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2023
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Arabic intifāḍa, literally, the act of shaking off
1985, in the meaning defined above
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intifada
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Arabic intifāda, literally, "the act of shaking off"
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