P F Tinmore,
et al,
Our friend "P F Tinmore" has a minor point here, in that, the use of the descriptor "terrorist" is not defined.
Attacks on soldiers are not terrorism.
What kind of Propaganda sites do you read?
(OBSERVATION)
Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War. Geneva said:
Article 5
Where in occupied territory an individual protected person is detained as a spy or saboteur, or as a person under definite suspicion of activity hostile to the security of the Occupying Power, such person shall, in those cases where absolute military security so requires, be regarded as having forfeited rights of communication under the present Convention.
Article 68
Protected persons who commit an offence which is solely intended to harm the Occupying Power, but which does not constitute an attempt on the life or limb of members of the occupying forces or administration, nor a grave collective danger, nor seriously damage the property of the occupying forces or administration or the installations used by them, shall be liable to internment or simple imprisonment, provided the duration of such internment or imprisonment is proportionate to the offence committed. Furthermore, internment or imprisonment shall, for such offences, be the only measure adopted for depriving protected persons of liberty. The courts provided for under Article 66 of the present Convention may at their discretion convert a sentence of imprisonment to one of internment for the same period.
The penal provisions promulgated by the Occupying Power in accordance with Articles 64 and 65 may impose the death penalty against a protected person only in cases where the person is guilty of espionage, of serious acts of sabotage against the military installations of the Occupying Power or of intentional offences which have caused the death of one or more persons, provided that such offences were punishable by death under the law of the occupied territory in force before the occupation began.
SOURCE: ICRC GCIV
(COMMENT)
Oddly enough, the Arab Palestinians just signed (2 April 2014) the Geneva Conventions.
In this case, "serious acts of sabotage against the military installations of the Occupying Power or of intentional offences which have caused the death of one or more persons, provided that such offences were punishable by death under the law of the occupied territory in force before the occupation began."
The Arab Palestinian has NO special authority of dispensation to commit violent acts against the Occupation Power, no matter what the cause.
In this case, it is not terrorism, even though it might sound like it. This is merely another act of criminal activity (murder/attempted murder) to add to the past practices and history of criminal behaviors established by the Arab Palestinian.
Make no mistake: This is a punishable act and criminal offense by the Hostile Arab Palestinian.
Most Respectfully,
R
