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It was on December 9, 1987, that the first intifada began in Gaza after the news of the death of four Palestinians from an Israeli truck spread in the Jabalia refugee camp. Many believed that the incident was deliberate,

Mubarak Awad was one of the main organizers of the nonviolent resistance during the First Intifada and continues to practice strategic forms of nonviolent resistance to Israeli occupation. In 1988 Palestinian women express contempt towards the IDF ...

Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), an organization that supports Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS), has come under fire for a since-deleted tweet that appears to glorify the First Intifada. The December 8 tweet featured a poster from a JVP member stating ...

NEW YORK — The chants at a recent pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University were loud and defiant. "Intifada! Intifada! Long live the intifada!" That term is one of many that have become points of contention among people with opposing views of the ...

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) questioned three college presidents about antisemitism on their campuses during a House committee hearing on Dec. 5. (Mark Schiefelbein / Associated Press) When New York Rep. Elise Stefanik repeatedly — and now infamously ...

As violence between Israel and Hamas escalates and violence between Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel spreads, many observers are starting to ask whether we are witnessing the beginning of a third Palestinian intifada. Comparing the conditions ...