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Upwards of 400,000 Pro-Palestine protestors take the streets in a national march in Washington DC to show support for Palestinians and call for a ceasefire and end the genocide in Gaza, January 13, 2024. (Photo: Eman Mohammed)

The slogan “Globalize the Intifada” has resonated globally, embraced by activists and attacked by opponents. But what does it mean? It’s not just a slogan but a call to steadfastness that turns everyday life into a space of dignity and resistance.

Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli soldiers in solidarity with Gaza Strip and Jerusalem near the Hawara checkpoint south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus on May 15, 2021. (Photo: Stringer/APA Images)

Palestinians disconnected from each other have struggled immensely to maintain a national project with clear objectives. Now, struggling together across the entire geography of historic Palestine, the disintegrated parts of our body are coming back together.

For the first time since the weeks leading up to the second Intifada, or the 2000-2005 uprising, a majority of Palestinians believe current intensified violence will build into a full scale Intifada with greater potential to achieve their goals than peace talks with Israel, said a report published on Monday by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey (PCPS), the West Bank’s leading independent pollster.