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intifada  

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  • 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]

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