intrafada

plural intrafadas

1. informalA Palestinian intifada (uprising) directed against other Palestinians; an instance of Palestinian internal political violence.

   ABC Reports On Intrafada

   1989 December 4, “(article title)”, in Near East Report, volume XXXIII, number 49, Washington, D.C.: Near East Research, Inc., page 204

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   The number of Palestinians still being killed by Israelis is now surpassed by the number killed by other Palestinians as "collaborators" (the "intrafada," as one anonymous wag grimly tagged it).

   1991, David Pollock, “The American Response to the Intifada”, in Robert O[wen] Freedman, editor, The Intifada: Its Impact on Israel, the Arab World, and the Superpowers, Miami, F.L.: Florida International University Press, →ISBN, page 130

   One can only achieve a comprehensive understanding of Palestinian society through examining everyday disagreements and clashes between the various political factions, families and cities. These divisions have also led to an increasingly violent "intrafada" during the course of the Aksa Intifada. From 2000 to 2007, 16% of Palestinian civilian deaths were caused by Palestinian groups or individuals.

   2008 April 7, Bassem Eid, “The Palestinians are under inner and outer siege”, in The Jerusalem Post, Jerusalem: The Jerusalem Post Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Nov 2025

   As during the Lebanon War, numerous ad hoc groups were established to criticize Israel, but again, they were not unified and could not sustain their level of activity as the intifada turned into an intrafada where more Palestinians were killed by their fellow Palestinians than died in clashes with Israel, and tensions in the Persian Gulf turned Americans' attention toward Iraq.

   2010, Mitchell Bard, The Arab Lobby: The Invisible Alliance That Undermines America's Interests in the Middle East, New York, N.Y.: Harper, →ISBN, page 212

   For instance, Hamas and Fatah, the two divergent political parties that formed in the wake of Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat's death in 2006, became embroiled in a fratricidal contest over Palestinian leadership that resulted in more than 600 deaths. A tense agreement was achieved in May 2011, assigning power to Hamas in the Gaza Strip and to Fatah in the West Bank. This Palestinian "Intrafada" epitomizes one way in which the primary conflict over Israel has splintered over the years into multiple political struggles.

   2016, Joyce S. Dubensky, editor, Peacemakers in Action: Profiles in Religious Peacebuilding, volume II, New York, N.Y.: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 444