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Intifada (??????? intifa?a(t)) is an Arabic
Arabic language

Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages languages such as Hebrew language and Aramaic language....
 word which literally means shaking off, though it is generally translated into English as rebellion
Rebellion

Rebellion is a refusal of obedience. It may, therefore, be seen as encompassing a range of behaviors from civil disobedience and mass nonviolent resistance, to violent and organized attempts to destroy an established authority such as the government....
 or uprising. According to a 2007 article in the Washington Post, "the word "intifada" crystallized in its current Arabic meaning during the first Palestinian uprising in the late 1980s and early 1990s". It is often used as a term for popular resistance to oppression.

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Intifada (??????? intifa?a(t)) is an Arabic
Arabic language

Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages languages such as Hebrew language and Aramaic language....
 word which literally means shaking off, though it is generally translated into English as rebellion
Rebellion

Rebellion is a refusal of obedience. It may, therefore, be seen as encompassing a range of behaviors from civil disobedience and mass nonviolent resistance, to violent and organized attempts to destroy an established authority such as the government....
 or uprising. According to a 2007 article in the Washington Post, "the word "intifada" crystallized in its current Arabic meaning during the first Palestinian uprising in the late 1980s and early 1990s". It is often used as a term for popular resistance to oppression.

Intifada may refer to:
  • March Intifada, a Leftist uprising against the British
    United Kingdom

    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
     colonial presence in Bahrain
    Bahrain

    The Kingdom of Bahrain, in , , literally Kingdom of the Two Seas).Bahrain is an Arabic island country in the Persian Gulf ruled by the Al Khalifa regime....
     in March 1965.
  • Zemla Intifada
    Zemla Intifada

    The Zemla Intifada is the name used by the Algeria backed Polisario movement to refer to disturbances of June 17, 1970, which culminated in a massacre by Spain forces in the Zemla district of El Aai?n, Western Sahara ....
     against Spanish rule in Spanish Sahara, beginning in 1970.
  • First Intifada
    First Intifada

    The First Intifada was a mass Palestinian Rebellion against Israeli rule in the Palestinian Territories. The rebellion began in the Jabalya Camp refugee camp and quickly spread throughout Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem....
    , a Palestinian uprising against Israeli rule from 1987 to 1993.
  • 1990s Intifada, an uprising in Bahrain
    Bahrain

    The Kingdom of Bahrain, in , , literally Kingdom of the Two Seas).Bahrain is an Arabic island country in the Persian Gulf ruled by the Al Khalifa regime....
     demanding a return to democratic rule.
  • 1991 uprisings in Iraq
    1991 uprisings in Iraq

    The 1991 uprisings in Iraq were a series of anti-governmental intifada in southern and northern Iraq during the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War....
     against Saddam Hussein
    Saddam Hussein

    Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the President of Iraq of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003.A leading member of the revolutionary Ba'ath Party, which espoused secular pan-Arabism, economic modernization, and Arab socialism, Saddam played a key role in the 1968 coup that brought the party to long-term power....
    .
  • Cedar Revolution
    Cedar Revolution

    The Cedar Revolution or Independence Intifada was a chain of demonstrations in Lebanon triggered by the assassination of former List of Prime Ministers of Lebanon Rafik Hariri on February 14, 2005....
     or Intifada of Independence, the events in Lebanon after Rafiq Hariri's 2005 assassination.
  • Independence Intifada, demonstrations and riots in Morocco and Western Sahara beginning in May 2005.
  • French Intifada, an occasional American term for riots in France in the fall of 2005.
  • Second, or al-Aqsa Intifada, the violent Palestinian-Israeli conflict that began in September 2000.