events
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: intifada

intifada
type: Concept
broader: terrorist events
broader: terrorism in the Levant
broader: political and social movements (Middle East)
definition: Name given to two separate Palestinian uprisings against Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Both intifadas represent periods of escalating violence in a vicious cycle of reciprocal aggression in the two territories, which have been occupied by Israel since 1967. [Source: Encyclopedia of United States National Security; Intifada]

political and social movements (Middle East)
type: Concept
narrower: intifada

terrorism in the Levant
type: Concept
narrower: intifada

terrorist events
type: Concept
narrower: intifada