Al-Nakba

Intifada, first

Oslo Accords

West Bank

From the Arabic acronym for "Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya," or Islamic Resistance Movement, this organisation is the largest Palestinian militant movement. It has often offered Is [..]

The word used in Arabic to describe a massive uprising, this term is used to describe the first sustained, popular, organised outbreak of violence by Palestinians against Israeli rule from 1987 to 199 [..]

Term used by Israel to describe people of Arab descent who stayed in Israel after its creation in 1948. Israeli Arabs make up more than 20 percent of Israel’s population. Only a minority of these citi [..]

General term used for communities established by Israelis in the occupied territories. Settlements are considered a violation of international law, as well as an obstacle to the advancement of peace t [..]

This three-week war in 1973 started when Syria and Egypt launched a surprise attack against Israel on its yearly “day of atonement”. If the Six Day War was considered a disaster for the Arab side, the [..]