Intifada
WordNet
noun
(1) An uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000
"The first intifada ended when Israel granted limited autonomy to the Palestine National Authority in 1993"
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Etymology
Noun
- An uprising, especially the Palestinian resistance to the 1987 Israeli occupation of the West Bank of the Jordan and the Gaza Strip.