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The people of the West Bank have engaged in terrorism against Israeli civilians up to 2005 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Intifada https://en.wikipedia.

The people of the West Bank have engaged in terrorism against Israeli civilians up to 2005 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Intifada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Intifada - and that's not particularly ancient history.

School-Cotton 5y ago
If the Ukraine war goes on for 50 more years you might start to see Ukrainians attacking Russian civilians too, once it’s clear they have no other option.
burnoutgal 5y ago
The IDF have also murdered a lot of innocent palestinians, but if you do it dressed like a soldier somehow it's not "terrorism"
denton-scratch 5y ago
People in the UK have engaged in terrorism against UK citizens up until the present; that doesn't justify the UK occupying Ireland, and installing groups of settlers. I know, that's exactly what England did under Cromwell; one of my ancestors was such a settler.
msrenee 5y ago
I don't have a lot of background in this, so tell me if I'm off-base. Israel is occupying land that it took from Palestine, is it not? I don't feel that terrorism is the correct term for attacks on an occupying force.
- bawolff 5y ago
  Umm, that's basically the definition of terrorism. 9/11 didn't happen out of the blue, it was a response to american foreign policy in the middle east. The troubles didn't happen because the IRA thought British rule was legitimate Etc. The vast majority of terrorism is because one group is controlling a region that the other group thinks they should not.
  - msrenee 5y ago
    I see what you mean. I never thought about it that way. It kind of just depends what side you're on whether it immediately leaps out as terrorism.
    - bawolff 5y ago
      Yeah, typically if you agree with them they are "freedom fighters" if you don't they're "terrorists". In my opinion, most long running conflicts tend to have both sides doing terrible things over the course of the conflict, so its rare there is one side that is "good" and one that is "evil".

School-Cotton 5y ago

If the Ukraine war goes on for 50 more years you might start to see Ukrainians attacking Russian civilians too, once it’s clear they have no other option.

burnoutgal 5y ago

The IDF have also murdered a lot of innocent palestinians, but if you do it dressed like a soldier somehow it's not "terrorism"

denton-scratch 5y ago

People in the UK have engaged in terrorism against UK citizens up until the present; that doesn't justify the UK occupying Ireland, and installing groups of settlers. I know, that's exactly what England did under Cromwell; one of my ancestors was such a settler.

msrenee 5y ago

I don't have a lot of background in this, so tell me if I'm off-base. Israel is occupying land that it took from Palestine, is it not? I don't feel that terrorism is the correct term for attacks on an occupying force.

bawolff 5y ago
Umm, that's basically the definition of terrorism. 9/11 didn't happen out of the blue, it was a response to american foreign policy in the middle east. The troubles didn't happen because the IRA thought British rule was legitimate Etc. The vast majority of terrorism is because one group is controlling a region that the other group thinks they should not.
- msrenee 5y ago
  I see what you mean. I never thought about it that way. It kind of just depends what side you're on whether it immediately leaps out as terrorism.
  - bawolff 5y ago
    Yeah, typically if you agree with them they are "freedom fighters" if you don't they're "terrorists". In my opinion, most long running conflicts tend to have both sides doing terrible things over the course of the conflict, so its rare there is one side that is "good" and one that is "evil".