But Hamas are not terrorists in Palestine where they were elected and supported.P F Tinmore, et al,
The UN does not designate terrorists organization in that way.
(COMMENT)Where does the UN designate the Palestinians as terrorists?And just what are those "instructions from the UN"?
Helping Member States to counter terrorism - United Nations Action to Counter Terrorism
. Security Council resolution 1373 makes it mandatory for all states to eliminate the financing of terrorism, while resolution 1267 along with subsequent related resolutions freeze all the financial assets of Al Qaida and Taliban associates. Both those resolutions call for strict travel bans against potential terrorists. Subsequent Security Council resolutions also place Al Qaida and Taliban members under a strict arms embargo. The recently concluded International Convention for the Suppression of Nuclear Terrorism aims to prevent potential terrorists from acquiring nuclear weapons while resolution 1540 of the Security Council creates a mandatory set of measures for countries to implement in order to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction.
And seeing as no nation has deemed Jews to be terrorists then it does not apply to Israel
All terrorist activities hide behind the fact that the UN has not defined "terrorism" on the Global Level (a concept without a universally accepted definition); but rather --- an umbrella description on a level of political activism that employees a measure of depravity to coercion and intimidation a population of governed entity to accept a political end state. (Like pornography: You know it when you see it. Just as there is no true definition universally accepted for "political violence.") No one argues that the Palestinian Olympic Massacre, or the attack on October 15, 2003 when an explosion on a diplomatic convoy traveling through the Gaza Strip killed four Americans (and the several hundred hijackings, suicide bombings, and ambushes in between) were not Palestinian terrorist attacks designed to make a statement.
NOTE: To be clear, not all Palestinians are terrorists. However most Palestinians have provided material support to terrorist activities in one form or another. HAMAS is a political movement that opposes the basic tenants of the UN Charter [Article 2(4)] and the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States; relative to the threat or use of force. It is a self-proclaimed Jihadist organization. The argument that it is a democratically elected governments (from nearly a decade ago) on goes to lend evidence that the People of Gaza support a government that supports terrorism; and lends protection training facilities and safe havens to other terrorist groups.
Terrorism, and the associated activities, are a crime(s) committed by persons, organizations or governments. These crimes or activities have, thus far, been defined either under individual domestic law of member nations, or by economic and/or security cooperatives. The European Union defines it as:
Article 1
Terrorist offences and fundamental rights and principles
shall be deemed to be terrorist offences:
1. Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the intentional acts referred to below in points (a) to (i), as defined as offences under national law, which, given their nature or context, may seriously damage a country or an international organisation where committed with the aim of:
- seriously intimidating a population, or
- unduly compelling a Government or international organisation to perform or abstain from performing any act, or
- seriously destabilising or destroying the fundamental political, constitutional, economic or social structures of a country or an international organisation,
(a) attacks upon a person's life which may cause death;
(b) attacks upon the physical integrity of a person;
(c) kidnapping or hostage taking;
(d) causing extensive destruction to a Government or public facility, a transport system, an infrastructure facility, including an information system, a fixed platform located on the continental shelf, a public place or private property likely to endanger human life or result in major economic loss;
(e) seizure of aircraft, ships or other means of public or goods transport;
(f) manufacture, possession, acquisition, transport, supply or use of weapons, explosives or of nuclear, biological or chemical weapons, as well as research into, and development of, biological and chemical weapons;
(g) release of dangerous substances, or causing fires, floods or explosions the effect of which is to endanger human life;
(h) interfering with or disrupting the supply of water, power or any other fundamental natural resource the effect of which is to endanger human life;
(i) threatening to commit any of the acts listed in (a) to (h).
Terrorism as a form of political activism is recognized or defined by their organizational actions, or in the some cases, self-defined (Jihadists or Islamists).
Murder is a domestic crime. Depending on the intent, magnitude and purpose, it can be a war crime, a crime against humanity, terrorism, or any combination thereof. To be an terrorism, there must be the element of the threat or use of force to project intimidation or coercion. Clearly, when Leon Klinghoffer, a disabled jewish American appliance manufacturer, who was murdered and thrown overboard by Palestinian Terrorists (Abu Abbas) who pirated the cruise ship Achille Lauro in 1985; the Palestinian Terrorist were making a statement. Similarly, when three Israeli teenagers were kidnapped at the bus/hitchhiking stop at the Israeli settlement, and HAMAS official Salah al-Arouri (founder of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the Hamas military), and publicly acknowledged the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, was behind the kidnappings and murder, --- this event as well, was used as a means of coercion and intimidation (making a political statement). And the threat does not have to be militarily effective to create an atmosphere of intimidation:
"Are the tunnels a new calamity capable of changing the balance of power in Gaza? Probably not. It’s difficult to find instances when tunnel tactics have fundamentally altered the course of a war. They are, by nature, tactics born of desperation. But they have always been effective in sowing fear. It’s no coincidence that we’re hearing a lot about tunnels precisely when events in Gaza find the Israelis in desperate need of friends."
SOURCE: Washington Post Gerard DeGroot is a professor of history at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.
Over and over again, I've seen the Palestinian Terrorist try and hide behind the argument that there is no UN Definition for terrorist or terrorism, per sa, yet there is no question that the UN Security Council can recognize it when they see it. Not only does the UN have a complete Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in place, but the Security Council has passed over three dozen Resolutions (since the beginning of the 21st Century) that implement the strategy.
The Palestinians (in particular HAMAS) need to argue this point (and the point that it is NOT an international conflict --- an argument in itself that is a double-edged sword) because UN Security Council Resolution 1373 stipulates that it: "Reaffirming the need to combat by all means, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts."
Most Respectfully,
R
They don't buy into that foreign name calling crap.
Interesting @ 1:10
They were elected and supported, like, gazillion years ago.
They refused to have another election.
Another espect of them terrorizing their own people