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GCSE History · key term
An Arabic word meaning ‘shaking off’, used for a Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation.
Used by Edexcel
Paper 2
Revise: The Palestinian IssueThe First Intifada was a broad popular uprising. Palestinians demonstrated, threw stones, burned tyres and organised strikes and shop closures. Women, students and people from different social groups participated.
Keep the locations distinct: the PLO leadership operated from Lebanon and then Tunisia, while the First Intifada developed within the occupied Gaza Strip and West Bank.
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