intifada
noun
in·ti·fa·da
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That period includes three armed conflicts between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and the second intifada. — Cnaan Liphshiz, sun-sentinel.com, "Belgian editor defends publication of column saying Jews have ‘ugly noses’," 7 Aug. 2019 The Camp David Summit in July 2000 came tantalizingly close to a final peace accord, but fell flat and the second Palestinian intifada broke out in October of that year. — Marcy Oster, sun-sentinel.com, "Barak wants to unseat Netanyahu, but first has to get the Jeffrey Epstein monkey off his back," 24 July 2019 During the first intifada, which lasted from 1987 to 1993, Palestinians in the West Bank confronted the settlers who tried to intimidate Arab farmers. — Raja Shehadeh, The New York Review of Books, "Bearing Witness in the West Bank," 7 Mar. 2019 But Oman closed its office in Israel in 2000 in the wake of the second intifada, or Palestinian uprising. — Felicia Schwartz, WSJ, "Israeli Leader Visits Oman’s Ruler in Sign of Improving Relations," 26 Oct. 2018 Instead imagine high-tech mobs, an intifada with stones and drones, locals and irregulars in improvised warfare with the feds. — Lance Morrow, WSJ, "Political Harassment Is for the Birds," 6 July 2018 But after years of settlement building, a second intifada, instability throughout the region, and the rise of absolutism on both sides, a paralyzing mistrust took hold. — Adam Entous, The New Yorker, "Donald Trump’s New World Order," 11 June 2018 During the second intifada, the violent 2000-2005 uprising against Israel’s occupation, Israel, the United States, and the U.N. Security Council all formally endorsed the notion of Palestinian statehood. — Nathan Thrall, Time, "How the Idea of Return Has Shaped the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict for 70 Years," 14 May 2018 On a visit to Bethlehem, Jubran, who lives in a village nearby, recounts coming of age in the first intifada as a teenage political activist, one of tens of thousands of youths who joined mass demonstrations facing off against Israeli troops. — Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, "Israel at 70: A tale of two histories," 1 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'intifada.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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