José,
et al,
Perspective!
José;8503623 said:
The mere existence of a jewish supremacist state in Palestine that keeps the unwanted ethnic group herded in enclaves and that engages in STATE TERRORISM by shooting those civilians when they try to leave the racial enclaves assigned to them using security issues as an excuse provides FULL JUSTIFICATION for armed struggle against it.
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Israel is not a "Jewish Supremacist State." It is a "Jewish State" that was attacked and under siege from (literally) the minute it exercised its rights to self-determination and pursued the steps preparatory to independence (even threatened before) as outlined by the UN Palestine Commission and the General Assembly.
José;8503623 said:
Whether the armed struggle has a terrorist element (targeting of civilians) or not in no way invalidates the struggle itself although it tarnishes its reputation.
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You don't reward criminals for coercion and criminal behaviors.
Hostile Arab Palestinians (HoAP) practicing terrorism describe their actions as struggle for liberation and seek to be considered and treated as protected persons under the Geneva Convention rather than terrorists
(Jihadist and Fedayeen) or criminals. They often depict Isreal and their allies as the aliens
(foreigners or external interference), as the true terrorists.
In terms of the philosophy behind the HoAP, the smell test to the Jihadist and Fedayeen is not what is done
(massacres, piracy, hijackings, suicide bombings, armed insurgent attacks and rocket launches), but rather the objective, goal or cause. If the ultimate aim is liberation and justice from their perspective, the violence used
(any means necessary) in order to attain it is not terrorism but justified. On the other hand, as they see Israel and its allies, the violence aiming at maintaining oppression
(quarantine and countermeasures) or injustice
(occupation and security cordons), or some of the structural violence
(barriers, blockades and checkpoints) embodying it, would be viewed as the true government sponsored terrorism. The HoAP
(Jihadist and Fedayeen) see no appreciation in the suppression of HoAP activities to protect the peaceful citizens of the Jewish State constituted under international law; as implemented by the UNPC.
José;8503623 said:
But let's not forget that the discriminated ethnic group is responding to the state terrorism inflicted on them.
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This, on the other hand, is the unintended consequence of the line dividing the Jews and the Arabs. It was not the cause, but the outcome of the fact that there was a difference. It was not the cause, or the intention to separate along ethnic lines, but merely a difference between the parties in conflict that was easy to latch on to and for people to understand.
Most Respectfully,
R