Definition of intifada
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Barghouti, a leader in Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement, was convicted of murder over the killing of Israelis during the second Palestinian intifada, or uprising, and sentenced in 2004 to five life terms.
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Origin and Etymology of intifada
Arabic intifāḍa, literally, the act of shaking off
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