Intifada

**Intifada** (Arabic: انتفاضة) is an Arabic word. In Arabic, intifada means "shaking off". This Intifada was about people from Bahrain against the British power.

## First Intifada (1987-1993) 
The  period of the first Intifada started on 9 December 1987 and ended with the Oslo accords in 1993. This Intifada lasted a total of six years.

The Palestinian unrest which led to the outbreak of the first terrorist intifada started with the Israeli settlements on Palestinian territory, forcing Palestinians to leave their land. Other reasons for the Palestinian rebellion were the worsening economy and the limited access to jobs.

### Start of the First Intifada 
The first protests against Israel's occupation erupted in Gaza. A car belonging to the Israeli army drove into a Palestinian car, killing all four occupants on 8 December 1987. That night, protests broke out in a Palestinian refugee camp during the funeral of the victims. However, the idea that the intifada was nonviolent is not correct. The more violence Palestinians used the more violent the Israeli responses became.

In 1989 the Israeli security forces switched to extreme violent tactics in this period. For every three Palestinians that died, less than one Israeli was killed.

### End of the First Intifada 
The Intifada officially ended on the 13th of September 1993, when the Declaration of principles was signed by the PLO and Israeli government. This declaration was also the start of the Oslo accords, in which Palestine and Israel would start to discuss the many issues on autonomy, borders, refugees and Jerusalem. until February 2005, even though opinions may differ about when it ended. The Second Intifada was more violent than the first.  When the Israeli premier Ariel Sharon visited the Temple Mount in a provocative way, it was the last straw for the Palestinians. This is why some people also call this uprising the 'Al-Aqsa Intifada'.

In 2002, during the Second Intifada, the Israeli government decided to build a barrier between Israel and the West Bank.

Another important event during the Second Intifada was the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. This happened after things escalated between Hamas and the Israeli occupiers, which resulted in many deaths on both sides.

### The ending and aftermath 
In 2005, after more than 5 years, the Second Intifada came to an end. In 2004 the intensity of the uprising was already fading. This was because of the Palestinians becoming weary, struggling against the strong lasting Israeli defense.

The Second Intifada was more violent than the first one, causing over 3000 Palestinian and nearly 1000 Israeli deaths.

## March Intifada (Bahrain) 
In March 1965 an Intifada broke out in Bahrain. The goal of the uprising was to stop the British presence in Bahrain. This Intifada was mostly led by groups with leftists ideas. Multiple people died, because of the violence the police used several times during the demonstrations. The protests started when a huge amount of workers from the Bahrain Petroleum company resigned. It changed fast into a general strike against the British.

The protests continued to happen annually until 1972. In 1972 the government agreed to talk with the opposition and they allowed three members from the workers union to join the government. The Bahrain Intifada took officially from 1965 to 1975.

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