It doesn’t matter what meaning you have in your brain, it is not how the word is received. And when you use a word like ‘intifada,’ to many Jewish Americans and Jewish New Yorkers, that means you are permissive for violence against Jews.
Gillibrand explains the implications of using the term 'intifada' in public discourse.
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