What is intifada in the USA?
An intifada (Arabic: انتفاضة intifāḍah) is a rebellion or uprising, or a resistance movement. It is a key concept in contemporary Arabic usage referring to a legitimate uprising against oppression.
Which best describes the first intifada launched by Palestinians in the 1980s?
Which best describes the first intifada launched by Palestinians in the 1980s? A campaign that included boycotts, strikes, demonstrations, and attacks on Israeli soldiers.
When did the second intifada begin and why?
Cause of the Second Intifada The Second Intifada started on 28 September 2000, after Ariel Sharon, a Likud party candidate for Israeli Prime Minister, made a visit to the Temple Mount, also known as Al-Haram Al-Sharif, an area sacred to both Jews and Muslims, accompanied by over 1,000 security guards.
What prompted the outbreak of the second intifada?
The continuing Israeli occupation, even after the Oslo agreements, was the underlying cause of the second intifada. Palestinians had thought that the 1993 Oslo agreement would lead to better lives, greater freedoms, the end of Israeli control, and, at the end of five years (1998), Palestinian statehood.
Which areas are currently under the administration of the Palestinian Authority select two options?
At this moment, since that can change at any point with the recent Israeli election, the Palestinian Authority governs parts two distinct regions: the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
Does Gaza belong to Israel?
Israel maintains direct external control over Gaza and indirect control over life within Gaza: it controls Gaza’s air and maritime space, and six of Gaza’s seven land crossings. It reserves the right to enter Gaza at will with its military and maintains a no-go buffer zone within the Gaza territory.
Is Palestine in Asia or Europe?
The reality is that Palestine is considered as a part of the middle east and middle east is not European. And hence Palestine is in Asia.