intifada
noun
in·ti·fa·da ˌin-tə-ˈfä-də 
plural intifadas
: uprising, rebellion
specifically : an armed uprising of Palestinians against Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip
I was a college student at Tufts University in December 1987, when the first Palestinian intifada began. 
Hady Amr
Hady Amr … in 2000, the second intifada struck with the force of an earthquake. As Palestinians fought Israeli troops, the West Bank became all but ungovernable. Karen E. Lange
Karen E. Lange 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Abu Akleh rose to fame two decades ago during the second Palestinian intifada, or uprising, against Israeli rule. Josef Federman, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Sep. 2022 Abu Akleh rose to fame two decades ago during the second Palestinian intifada, or uprising, against Israeli rule. Josef Federman, ajc, 5 Sep. 2022 And as the first intifada, or Palestinian uprising, raged back home, he was relieved to find a congregation that seemed closer to his center-left views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. New York Times, 13 May 2022 During the second Palestinian intifada in the early 2000s, Abu Akleh stayed in Jenin even after Israeli forces retook the city from Palestinian fighters and restricted press access. Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 12 May 2022 And the other one, of course, is as the CT chief in the military intelligence, the second intifada. CBS News, 4 May 2022 The Jenin refugee camp was the scene of one of the deadliest battles of the second Palestinian intifada, or uprising, 20 years ago. Joseph Krauss, ajc, 8 Apr. 2022 Nahr falls for Bilal, who has a longer history with resistance than the others, dating back to before the first intifada, and who, at one point, wanted to join the P.L.O. Rozina Ali, The New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2021 Palestinians, frustrated over failures to create a Palestinian state, begin the second intifada in September, which lasts until February 2005. USA Today, 20 May 2021 See More
Josef Federman, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Sep. 2022 Abu Akleh rose to fame two decades ago during the second Palestinian intifada, or uprising, against Israeli rule. Josef Federman, ajc, 5 Sep. 2022 And as the first intifada, or Palestinian uprising, raged back home, he was relieved to find a congregation that seemed closer to his center-left views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. New York Times, 13 May 2022 During the second Palestinian intifada in the early 2000s, Abu Akleh stayed in Jenin even after Israeli forces retook the city from Palestinian fighters and restricted press access. Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 12 May 2022 And the other one, of course, is as the CT chief in the military intelligence, the second intifada. CBS News, 4 May 2022 The Jenin refugee camp was the scene of one of the deadliest battles of the second Palestinian intifada, or uprising, 20 years ago. Joseph Krauss, ajc, 8 Apr. 2022 Nahr falls for Bilal, who has a longer history with resistance than the others, dating back to before the first intifada, and who, at one point, wanted to join the P.L.O. Rozina Ali, The New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2021 Palestinians, frustrated over failures to create a Palestinian state, begin the second intifada in September, which lasts until February 2005. USA Today, 20 May 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
Arabic intifāḍa, literally, the act of shaking off
First Known Use
1985, in the meaning defined above