2024-05-01 21:18:59
Egyption revolution in 2011 saw "Violent clashes between security forces and protesters resulted in at least 846 people killed and over 6,000 injured." [Link] Tunisian revolution 2010-2011 resulted in 338 deaths and 2,147 injuries. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(32-1-27) Author
2024-05-01 21:27:12
NNN - It is arguable that security forces caused the majority of casualties in Tunisia and Egypt. As such, rebuttals should be taken to the comments. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(16-2-27) Author
2024-05-01 22:49:49
None of the Intifadas mentioned by Mehdi used terrorism as a tactic while the 2nd Palestinian Intifada relied heavily on suicide bombing of mostly soft targets. [Link][Link][Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(38-4-28) Author
2024-05-02 00:59:51
The protests Mehdi refers to are called Arab Spring. The word Intifada (uprising in Arabic) is correlated with the Israeli Palestinian conflict. [Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(36-0-20) Author
2024-05-02 04:01:27
What Mehdi Hasan is saying is true. Egyptian and Tunisian uprisings have been referred to as "intifada" by numerous sources [Link][Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(14-0-15) Author
2024-05-02 06:03:05
The Arabic speaking world didn't refer to these as intifadas but as 'revolutions' or 'uprising'. The 'Arabic Spring' he is referring to had riots, armed conflict from protestors, and was the prelude to multiple civil wars so cannot be categorised as peaceful. [Link][Link][Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(42-0-21) Author
2024-05-02 07:47:02
While the word "Intifada" means an "uprising" linguistically, Socially, the word attributed in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to terrorist attacks against Jews. The intifadas in Israel hardly included peaceful protests. [Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(27-0-19) Author
2024-05-02 16:05:29
OP is wrong to imply that 'Intifada' is a generic term for uprising. While other uprisings may have been occasionally called so METAPHORICALLY ([Link] they're not what's typically meant by users of the term. It's almost always used in the Israeli-Palestinian context. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(5-0-10) Author