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Jun. 10th, 2017 06:18 pmНе интифада ли в Европе? Очередной наезд на толпу. Но никто, конечно, этого не признает, с рамаданом не свяжет и вещи своими именами не назовёт.
Кстати, только русская википедия определяет интифаду главным образом как палестинскую борьбу против израильского государства.
Кстати, только русская википедия определяет интифаду главным образом как палестинскую борьбу против израильского государства.
Intifada (انتفاضة intifāḍah) is an Arabic word literally meaning, as a noun, "tremor", "shivering", "shuddering". It is derived from an Arabic term nafada meaning "to shake", "shake off", "get rid of", as a dog might shrug off water, or as one might shake off sleep, or dirt from one's sandals, and is a key concept in contemporary Arabic usage referring to a legitimate uprising against oppression. It is often rendered into English as "uprising", "resistance", or "rebellion".
The concept intifada was first utilized in modern times in 1952 within the Kingdom of Iraq, when socialist and communist parties took to the streets to protest the Hashemite monarchy, with inspiration of the 1952 Egyptian Revolution...