What Is Intifada?
History As It Happens
English - May 09, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 85.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsNews History history news perspective politics Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Campus antiwar protests are disturbing some Jewish students, administrators, and politicians by chanting an Arabic word meaning uprising, intifada. Since Israel began its military occupation of Palestinian territories in 1967, Palestinians have waged two uprisings: in 1987 and 2000. Both were crushed by the IDF. In this episode, Khaled Elgindy of the Middle East Institute delves into the history and meanings of intifada, as some Israel supporters say the word is antisemitic and threatening.