Word: intifadas
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...recent times, with the onslaught of the Palestinian intifada and the increased tensions between Arabs and Jews, the submerged situation of the city might even recall the heart of an eternally smoldering volcano, whose eruptions are as unpredictable as they are frequent, and whose walls prove unable to contain the violence of the contrasts, the anguish of its center...
...seems naive to think that a conflict as old as human civilization could be resolved within our times, yet if Jews and Arabs can once again begin to interact as they did before the intifada, the process of intermingling and interaction will be allowed to resume. Herein lies the only hope, for it is always the meeting of contrasts, the hybridization of cultures which brings newness and change to the world. And in Jerusalem, any change will be for the better...
Those who at first wondered about Abu-Ghaida's identity would soon know that she was Palestinian. In December, 1987 the intifada erupted on the West Bank...
...Ghaida, the outbreak of the intifada meant forging closer ties with other Palestinians and sympathizers in the area...
...Ghaida, Palestinian activism springs from an innate sense of duty. During her years at Harvard, events occured--the outbreak of the intifada, the incident at the Dome of the Rock, the Gulf War--which left her no choice but to respond...