Welcome to 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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Culture Was the ceasefire pin worn at the Oscars really a reference to the Second Intifada?
The red pin, depicting a hand with a black heart in its palm, caused an uproar in parts of the Jewish world
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Culture So what does ‘intifada’ actually mean?
Rep. Elise Stefanik equated 'intifada' with a call for genocide against Jews. So what does intifada really mean?
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Culture Is an intifada in France inevitable? Peut-être
This year, there have already been three times as many antisemitic acts in France as there were in 2022
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Opinion Why Israelis like me voted in a right-wing government
A new Likud voter explains why they voted for Netanyahu's party
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Opinion Activists are calling to ‘globalize the intifada.’ It’s a call for death, not peace
In the span of one week, three separate terror attacks in Israel have claimed the lives of 11 innocent people. Those killed included Arab, Druze, Jewish and Christian citizens of Israel, and two Ukrainian nationals. A young father who was taking his infant son for an evening stroll died protecting his child from bullets in…
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News Two decades after the second intifada, what have we learned?
(Haaretz) — The 20th anniversary of the outbreak of the second intifada, marked on September 29, the day after Yom Kippur, took place during a period that somewhat resembles the days of the exploding buses. The current terrible stretch, too, is characterized by a general malaise, great personal concerns and questions about when everything will…
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Fast Forward Pro-Israel Donor Adam Milstein Denies Report That He Funds Canary Mission
(JTA) — Real-estate investor Adam Milstein denied a report that he is a funder of Canary Mission, an anonymous website that aims to name and shame anti-Israel activists. Milstein’s charity, the Adam and Gila Milstein Family Foundation, donates to a number of groups that work on campus from a right-wing pro-Israel perspective, including Students Supporting…
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Fast Forward Geraldo Rivera Regrets Not Backing Palestinians During Second Intifada
Fox News reporter Geraldo Rivera said last week that one of the biggest regrets of his journalistic career was not “backing the Palestinians” during the Second Intifada. Appearing on the channel to promote his new autobiography, Rivera was asked if he ever regretted one of his stories. “I regret in 2002 backing down from backing…
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