Intifada

Etymology

History

List of events named Intifada

• Iraqi Intifada, a series of strikes and riots in Iraq in 1952, aimed against the Hashemite monarchy rule
• October Revolution, a series of strikes, riots, and demonstrations in Sudan, that ended with the dissolution of the Abbud military regime and the beginning of second civilian rule in 1964
• March Intifada, a leftist uprising against the British colonial presence in Bahrain in March 1965
• Zemla Intifada, against Spanish colonial rule in then Spanish Sahara, in June 1970
• In Lebanese internal conflicts:
• *February 6 Intifada, during the Lebanese Civil War
• *Cedar Revolution or "Intifada of Independence", the events in Lebanon after Rafic Hariri's 2005 assassination
• In the Israeli–Palestine conflict:
• *First Intifada, a Palestinian uprising against the Israeli occupation lasting from December 1987 to 1993
• *Al-Aqsa Intifada, a period of intensified Israeli-Palestinian violence, which began in late September 2000 and ended around 2005
• *2014 Jerusalem unrest, a series of violent acts and attacks in Jerusalem in 2014 sometimes referred to as "Intifada"
• *Israeli–Palestinian conflict – 2015 escalation in Israeli–Palestinian conflict, sometimes referred to as "Al-Quds Intifada" or "Jerusalem Intifada" or "Knife Intifada"
• 1990s uprising in Bahrain, an uprising demanding a return to democratic rule, also known as the "1990s Intifada"
• 1991 uprisings in Iraq, an armed uprising against Saddam Hussein in Iraq, also known as "Iraqi Intifada of 1991"
• In the Western Sahara conflict:
• *First Sahrawi Intifada, protests by Sahrawi activists in the Western Sahara, south of Morocco
• *Independence Intifada or Second Sahrawi Intifada, demonstrations and riots in Western Sahara, south of Morocco, beginning in May 2005
• *Gdeim Izik protests, also referred as Third Sahrawi Intifada or simply Third Inifada
• 2005 French riots often referred as "French Intifada"
• Arab Spring, a revolutionary wave which began on 18 December 2010 in Tunisia, sometimes referred to as "Intifada":
• *Tunisian Revolution, or Tunisian Intifada
• *2011 Yemeni Revolution, or Yemeni Intifada
• *Egyptian Revolution of 2011, or Egyptian Intifada
• *2011–2013 Sudanese protests, or Sudanese Intifada
• 2018–19 Arab protests
• *2019–20 Lebanese protests, nicknamed the Tax Intifada
• *October 2019 Iraqi protests, nicknamed Iraqi Intifada