Intifada 15095 219990930 2008-06-17T19:59:01Z Koavf 205121 [[WP:UNDO|Undid]] revision 219980298 by [[Special:Contributions/71.175.131.217|71.175.131.217]] ([[User talk:71.175.131.217|talk]]) NPOV {{wiktionarypar|intifada}} '''Intifada''' (انتفاضة ''intifāḍat'') is an [[Arabic Language|Arabic]] word for ''shaking off'', though it is generally translated into English as [[rebellion]]. 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 '90s. It is seen by many Arabs as a valid term for popular resistance to oppression, while for many English speakers it has come to conjure images of violent attacks on civilians."<ref name=wapo>{{cite web |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/23/AR2007082301933.html |title=In New York, a Word Starts a Fire |author=Robin Shulman |publisher=Washington Post |date=August 24, 2007 |accessdate=2007-11-25}}</ref> "The Palestinians were largely unarmed, so the enduring picture of the intifada is one of young men and boys throwing stones and rocks at Israeli troops." <ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7381369.stm |title= 1987: First Intifada |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=May 6, 2008 |accessdate=2008-5-16}}</ref> It may refer to: *[[First Intifada]], a Palestinian uprising against Israeli rule in 1987 to 1993. *[[1990s Intifada]], an uprising in [[Bahrain]] demanding a return to democratic rule. *[[1991 uprisings in Iraq]] against [[Saddam Hussein]]. *[[Cedar Revolution]] or Intifada of Independence, the events in Lebanon after [[Rafiq Hariri]]'s 2005 assassination. *[[French Intifada]], an occasional American term for riots in France in the fall of 2005. *[[Independence Intifada]], demonstrations and riots in Morocco and Western Sahara beginning in May 2005. *[[March Intifada]], a [[Leftist]] uprising against the [[United Kingdom|British]] colonial presence in [[Bahrain]] in March 1965. *[[Second Intifada|Second, or al-Aqsa Intifada]], the violent Palestinian-Israeli conflict that began in September of 2000. *[[Zemla Intifada]] against Spanish rule in Spanish Sahara, beginning in 1970. ==References== {{reflist}} {{disambig}} [[ar:انتفاضة]] [[bg:Интифада]] [[ca:Intifada]] [[cs:Intifáda]] [[de:Intifada]] [[eo:Intifada]] [[es:Intifada]] [[eu:Intifada]] [[fi:Intifada]] [[fr:Intifada]] [[he:אינתיפאדה]] [[hr:Infifada]] [[id:Intifadah]] [[it:Intifada]] [[ja:インティファーダ]] [[nl:Intifada]] [[no:Intifada]] [[pl:Intifada]] [[pt:Intifada]] [[ru:Интифада]] [[sr:Интифада]] [[sv:Intifada]] [[tr:Intifada]]