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Student Protesters Call for ‘Intifada’ at Elite University

Students have returned to their college campuses for classes, clubs, and, if you’re a student at Georgetown University in D.C., maybe a protest or two

Several hundred pro-Palestine protesters marched through Georgetown University Wednesday evening shouting “there is only one solution, intifada revolution.” 

“Intifada” is an Arabic word meaning “shaking off” or “uprising” and, as defined by Merriam-Webster, means “an armed uprising of Palestinians against Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.” 

Asked if Israel has the right to exist, Georgetown University student Miriam Siegel, who is also Jewish and a part of the group Jewish Voice for Peace, told The Daily Signal, “I personally do not believe that any nation-state has the right to exist.” 

Pro-Palestine marches took place on the D.C. college campus during the…

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