This is the Forward’s coverage of intifadas (literally “tremors”), referring in Arabic usage to a rebellion against repression. In the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the First Intifada took place from 1987 to 1993, and the Second Intifada took place 2000 to 2005.
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Opinion I Was An IDF Soldier During The First Intifada. It Changed Me Forever
This Saturday marks an important anniversary in Israeli history: 30 years since the First Intifada. For years leading up to the Intifada, which literally means dustup or uprising in Arabic, Israel had maintained Gaza as a pool of cheap labor. Tension had been building since 1985, when Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s “iron fist” policy resulted…
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Letters Actually, The Intifadas Were Nonviolent Uprisings, Too
Dear Editor, In your interesting article on P is for Palestine, you described the First and Second Intifadas as violent uprisings. They were also nonviolent. Indeed, Palestinians have long engaged in the nonviolent protest of Zionism, from petitioning the King Crane Commission to engaging in BDS. In the First Intifada, experts in nonviolent, non-cooperation such…
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Fast Forward Majority Of Palestinians Oppose New Intifada: Poll
The majority of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza oppose a third intifada, according to a new poll, reversing the popular sentiment from three months ago. The poll of 1,200 Palestinians conducted by the West Bank-based Arab World for Research and Development firm in late January was released on Sunday. Regarding a third intifada,…
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News Why America Stays Silent as Israel Violence Spirals Toward ‘Intifada’
When tensions between Israelis and Palestinians flared up in Jerusalem last November, Secretary of State John Kerry invited Israeli and Palestinian leaders to an emergency summit in Jordan to clear the air and restore calm. This month, when demonstrations erupted again around the Temple Mount and evolved into an outburst of violence across Israel and…
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Fast Forward Mahmoud Abbas Warns of New Intifada Over Temple Mount
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warned on Tuesday that there was a risk of a new Palestinian intifada, or uprising, erupting if violence at the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem did not ease and peace talks with Israel did not resume. Israeli-Palestinian strife has risen sharply in recent weeks as Arab states and Palestinians have accused Israeli…
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Opinion Israel’s Next Threat — A ‘Car Intifada’?
A #Drive4alAqsa meme, part of the “car intifada” campaign / Twitter The past few weeks have seen widespread incitement to violence among both Palestinians and Jewish Israelis. There have been stabbings, harassments, shootings, stone-throwings, hit-and-runs. And now, there’s the “car intifada.” This campaign, which is drawing significant media attention, calls on Palestinians to run over…
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Fast Forward American Victims of Terrorism During Second Intifada Suing Jordan’s Arab Bank
American victims of Hamas terror attacks during the second intifada in Israel are suing a Jordanian bank for offering benefits to terrorists. In a trial set to begin Thursday in Brooklyn, 140 plaintiffs injured in two dozen terror attacks from 2001 to 2004 are suing Jordan’s Arab Bank for allegedly funneling money from a Saudi…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Grimly Warns Israel of Palestinian Unrest and Isolation If Peace Talks Fail
Secretary of State John Kerry warned Israel on Thursday that it could face a third Palestinian uprising and deepening international isolation if American-brokered peace negotiations failed. Both Israel and the Palestinians have given grim assessments of the lack of progress in their talks, which the United States helped revive last July after a three-year hiatus….
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