Palestinian Islamic Jihad
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- noun
- NSFW
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Yihad Islámico Palestino
- Both Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad have claimed responsibility for the attack.
- Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas
- Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Examples
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Israel responded with air strikes on terror facilities associated with Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, killing one militant and wounding two others.
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It was followed by three attacks in September 1993: one by Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and two by Hamas.
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In February 2003, federal law enforcement agents arrested Arian for alleged fundraising and material support activities on behalf of terrorist organizations, including Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
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On the morning of the Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret, Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and other terrorist groups fired more than 50 rockets and mortars into Israel.
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In response, the Israeli Air Force struck two targets in the Gaza Strip: a Hamas militant site in Gaza City and a Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant site in Nuseirat.
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An especially controversial part of this strategy is Iran's support for Syria, Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and Hamas -- the rejectionist front in the Arab-Israeli conflict.
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Most famously, in 1998, the family of Alisa Flatow, who was killed in a bus bombing perpetrated by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, won a $247 million award from the group's Iranian sponsors.
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Emerson was the first investigator to link a former professor at the University of South Florida, Sami al-Arian, to Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), an organization designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department.
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Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad have fired about 500 rockets at Israeli towns since last weekend.
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The indictment explains that the manifesto indicates that the only purpose of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad is to destroy Israel.
Synonyms
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A small Palestinian group that uses armed attacks against Israel and wants an Islamic state in Palestine
A Palestinian militant group that wants an Islamic state and the destruction of Israel
A small armed Palestinian group that wants an Islamic state in Palestine and the end of Israel
A small Palestinian armed group that wants an Islamic state in Palestine and fights Israel
Surface Forms
Morphology
Palestinian + Islamic + jihad
The constituents 'Palestinian' + 'Islamic' + 'jihad' give a clear cue to a Palestine-related Islamic struggle and therefore likely a group involved in political/militant activity, so learners who know the words can infer the general sense. However, 'jihad' is ambiguous between personal/spiritual struggle and armed struggle, and the specific facts that this is a named organization with particular aims and history (e.g., founded in 1979, committed to destroying Israel) are not derivable from the parts alone, making the expression only partially predictable.
Etymology
The name Palestinian Islamic Jihad puts three ideas together: Palestinian for the people it says it represents, Islamic for its religious aim, and Jihad, an Arabic word meaning 'struggle' and often used for an armed 'fight'. So the name shows the group describes its actions as a Palestinian, religious 'struggle'.