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Intifada (ĭntēfă`dĕ) [Arab.,=uprising, shaking off], the Palestinian uprising during the late 1980s and early 90s in the West Bank West Bank, territory, formerly part of Palestine, after 1949 administered by Jordan, since 1967 largely occupied by Israel (2005 est. pop. 2,386,000), 2,165 sq mi (5,607 sq km), west of the Jordan River, incorporating the northwest quadrant of the Dead Sea.
..... Click the link for more information. and Gaza Strip Gaza Strip , (2003 est. pop. 1,330,000) rectangular coastal area, c.140 sq mi (370 sq km), SW Asia, on the Mediterranean Sea adjoining Egypt and Israel, in what was formerly SW Palestine.
..... Click the link for more information. , areas that had been occupied by Israel since 1967. A vehicular accident that killed four Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in Dec., 1987, sparked immediate local protests that rapidly spread to the West Bank. The violence was marked by stone-throwing and the use of homemade explosive devices on behalf of the Arabs, and the use of tear gas, rubber bullets, and home demolition by Israeli troops attempting to quell the popular resistance. The conflict led to an Israeli military crackdown and the stagnation of the Arab economies in the occupied territories, but with the gradual establishment of Palestinian self-rule, beginning with the accord between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1993, the violence eased significantly.

The term "intifada" has also been used to describe the anti-Israeli uprising that began after the Sept. 20, 2000, visit of the right-wing Israeli politician Ariel Sharon Sharon, Ariel , 1928–, Israeli general and politician, b. Kfar Malal. He gained attention for his superb military leadership in the 1948 and 1956 Arab-Israeli Wars and was made a major general months before the 1967 war.
..... Click the link for more information. to the Jerusalem holy site known as (to Jews) the Temple Mount or (to Arabs) the Haram esh-Sherif. Arising out of Palestinian frustration with the slow progress since the since 1993, the fighting has had the character more of a guerrilla war and has been marked by the use of suicide bomb attacks by Hamas, the Islamic Jihad, and elements of the PLO and by Israeli attacks on official Palestinian installations and reoccupation of areas Israeli forces had left after 1993.

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the Palestinian uprising against Israel in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that started at the end of 1987

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No references found	For Israel, 2002, at the height of the second Palestinian intifada, or uprising, was the deadliest year, with 420 people killed, including 269 civilians of whom 47 were minors, the statement said. Israel-Palestinian conflict kills 8,900 in 20yrs: NGO by AFP / AFP Global Edition Far too many actors and commentators are casually viewing the present extremely dangerous situation, and even welcoming the prospect of a third intifada or the dismantling of the Palestinian Authority, or are calling for less dramatic but also extraordinarily dangerous scenarios. What would be at stake in a third intifada? by The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon) Ferwana noted, "The cases of the birth of prisoners during the Intifada have received more attention and more accurate documentation than those cases that have been in prison before the start of the second Intifada in September 2000, and therefore we always ask whether we are sure that the published and documented information in inclusive and correct. Farawana: No one has the real number of political prisoners who have ... by Palestine News Network (West Bank, Palestine)	Intervision interwar interworking interworking gatekeeper interwoven fencing intestate intestate succession intestinal crura intestinal digestion intestinal dyspepsia Intestinal Flora intestinal gas intestinal hormone Intestinal Juice Intestinal Lavage intestinal lipodystrophy Intestinal Nematodes Intestinal Obstruction intestinal villi intestine Intestine, Large Intestine, Small intgl Inthanon Inti Raymi Fiesta intifada intifadah Intima intimate blend intimate ion pair into the solid Intolerable Acts intonaco Intonation intorsion InTouch Intoxication intra intraabdominal intraatrial heart block intrabeam viewing intracartilaginous ossification intracavernous aneurysm intracavity absorption spectroscopy intracellular intracellular canaliculi intracellular digestion intracellular enzyme intracellular signaling protein intracellular symbiosis intracervical	inthralled inthralling Inthrallment inthrallments inthralls inthralment inthralments inthrals Inthrone Inthrong Inthronization Inthronize inti inti Inti (god) Inti College Subang Jaya Inti Dasar Bumi Perkasa Inti Indah Karya Plasindo Inti Karya Persada Tehnik Inti Raymi Fiesta INTIAA INTIB Intice Intiction INTIF intifada intifadah intifadah Intifadas Intifadas Intifaq Intifata Intifata INTIM INTIM INTIM intima intima intima Intima-Media Complex Intima-Media Cross Sectional Area Intima-media thickness Intima-Media-Dicke Intima-to-media height ratio intimacies intimacies intimacy intimacy Intimacy Avoidance intimae intimae intimae intimal intimal intimal Intimal Area-to-medial Fracture Length

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For Israel, 2002, at the height of the second Palestinian intifada, or uprising, was the deadliest year, with 420 people killed, including 269 civilians of whom 47 were minors, the statement said.

Israel-Palestinian conflict kills 8,900 in 20yrs: NGO by AFP / AFP Global Edition

Far too many actors and commentators are casually viewing the present extremely dangerous situation, and even welcoming the prospect of a third intifada or the dismantling of the Palestinian Authority, or are calling for less dramatic but also extraordinarily dangerous scenarios.

What would be at stake in a third intifada? by The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon)

Ferwana noted, "The cases of the birth of prisoners during the Intifada have received more attention and more accurate documentation than those cases that have been in prison before the start of the second Intifada in September 2000, and therefore we always ask whether we are sure that the published and documented information in inclusive and correct.

Farawana: No one has the real number of political prisoners who have ... by Palestine News Network (West Bank, Palestine)

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