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- noun Plural form of
intifada .
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Examples
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Palestinians should be required to forfeit some of the pre-1967 borders because of their murderous "intifadas".
The Guardian World News Nicholas Blincoe 2011
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The First Lebanon War in 1982 is here, as are the Palestinian intifadas.
Mother tries to stay ahead of grief in David Grossman's "To the End of the Land" Donna Rifkind 2010
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From 1967, when Israel won the Six-Day War against four Arab enemies, until 1991, when Arafat instigated the first of his intifadas stone-throwing riots by youths and initiated suicide bombings as a terror tactic, Arabs working with the Israelis prospered and lived healthier longer lives.
Ken Blackwell: President Obama Fails George Gilder's "Israel Test" Ken Blackwell 2011
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From 1967, when Israel won the Six-Day War against four Arab enemies, until 1991, when Arafat instigated the first of his intifadas stone-throwing riots by youths and initiated suicide bombings as a terror tactic, Arabs working with the Israelis prospered and lived healthier longer lives.
Ken Blackwell: President Obama Fails George Gilder's "Israel Test" Ken Blackwell 2011
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He instigated yet another of his intifadas -- uprisings -- sparked by Arab teenagers throwing stones, with deadly accuracy, at Israeli soldiers.
Ken Blackwell: $900 Million for What? Ken Blackwell 2010
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The First Lebanon War in 1982 is here, as are the Palestinian intifadas.
Mother tries to stay ahead of grief in David Grossman's "To the End of the Land" Donna Rifkind 2010
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Indeed, many liberal commentators try to condone their passivity by deploring the absence of non-violent protests in Kashmir and Palestine never mind the fact that the first intifadas in both places in the late 1980s turned violent only after being savagely suppressed.
In India and Israel, the burden of protest falls on the victims of injustice | Pankaj Mishra 2011
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When the civilized nations of the world will begin to stand up against suicide bombings, intifadas and jihads and instead fight for justice and righteousness, will peace prevail.
Rabbi Samuel April: The Rebuke Rabbi Samuel April 2011
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Indeed, many liberal commentators try to condone their passivity by deploring the absence of non-violent protests in Kashmir and Palestine never mind the fact that the first intifadas in both places in the late 1980s turned violent only after being savagely suppressed.
In India and Israel, the burden of protest falls on the victims of injustice | Pankaj Mishra 2011
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Both had to respond to a simple idea: if one million Egyptians can fill Tahrir Square demanding Palestinian rights, why can't Palestinians, who taught the Arab world how to mount insurrections, and mounted two intifadas of their own?
Editorial | Middle East: Obama weaves an uncertain path 2011
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