INTIFADA

'Intifada' is an Arabic word for ''shaking off'', generally translated into english though as rebellion. It may refer to:

★ 1990s Intifada, an uprising in Bahrain demanding a return to democratic rule

★ 1991 uprisings in Iraq against Saddam Hussein

★ Cedar Revolution or Intifada of Independence, the events in Lebanon after Rafiq Hariri's assassination

★ First Intifada, a Palestinian uprising against Israeli rule in 1987 to 1993

★ French Intifada, an occasional American term for riots in France in the Fall of 2005.

★ Independence Intifada, sporadic demonstrations and riots in Morocco/Western Sahara beginning in May 2005

★ Second, or al-Aqsa Intifada, the violent Palestinian-Israeli conflict that began in September of 2000

★ Zemla Intifada against Spanish rule in Spanish Sahara