RE: What percentage of Palestinians are terrorists?
※→ abi,
et al,
I don't think that anyone here ever intended to give the impression that ALL Arab Palestinians are terrorists. I'm not sure anyone knows
(even the terrorist themselves) has the answer to that question. Of course there is criteria as to what
(in general) constitutes terrorism. Yes, you can argue that "not all Palestinians are terrorists;" but it is a moral and technical naivety to ask for a percentage that fits the criteria. That would require a level of knowledge that does not exist. For one thing, terrorism cannot and should not be associated with any religion, nationality, civilization or ethnic group ⇒ but as a description of people performing proscribed activities.
Simplified, one criteria of a terrorist is one that commits an act of terrorism. And there are several levels of terrorism. Some levels of acts supporting the furtherance of criminal activity, some are political and military objectives, and advancement of some patriotic goal that is not less then successful.
The term "terrorist" is the generalized descriptions
(a matter of fact political term) of those people that are connect with events prohibited by either the
19 Terrorist Conventions that are in force, or responsible for the conduct of
activities prohibited by some provision of these 40 Resolutions.
An example of selective language that makes a discriminator between Arab Palestinians that are terrorist (Jihadist, the Fedayeen, Hostile Insurgents, Radicalized Islamic Followers, and Asymmetric fighters) and those that are not is exemplified in the phrase "Hostile Arab Palestinians (HoAP);" which distinguishes them from the generalized "non-Hostile Arab Palestinian."
Are you saying no Palestinian has ever committed a terrorist act?
Absolutely not, but how can you not call out those pretending that 100% are terrorists?
Since there is no international law defining terrorism it is mostly political name calling.
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Included in the generalized term covering the broad scope of terrorism
(committed by whomever, wherever and for whatever purposes, as it constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security,) are those that:
✪ Conduct activities aimed at the destruction of human rights, fundamental freedoms and democracy, threatening territorial integrity, security of States and destabilizing legitimately constituted Governments, and that the international community.
✪ Those HoAP that are organizing, instigating, facilitating, participating in, financing, encouraging or tolerating terrorist activities (use of violence and intimidation to achieve some goal).
✪ Those HoAP that put forth every effort to develop and maintain an ineffective landscape based on the Rule of Law, the rational operations of a national criminal justice system, and those that erect barriers for the maintenance of law and order.
✪ Those HoAP that --- wherever and by whomever committed, Hostage-taking and/or murder, for the advancement of political, economic, and political purposes.
✪ Those HoAP involved incriminal acts intended or calculated to provoke a state of terror in the general public, a group of persons or particular persons for political purposes are in any circumstances unjustifiable, whatever the considerations of a political, philosophical, ideological, racial, ethnic, religious or other nature that may be invoked to justify them.
Now as to what percentage of Palestinians are HoAP ⇒ we cannot know. But when a Palestinian group that has received 74 seats of the 132 seats in Parliament, we know that a Majority of the Palestinians provided support to a group that professes:
✪ Jihad is its path and death for the sake of Allah is the loftiest of its wishes.
✪ There is no solution for the Palestinian question except through Jihad.
✪ Initiatives, proposals and international conferences are all a waste of time and vain endeavors.
✪ Jihad becomes the individual duty of every Moslem.
✪ It is necessary to instill the spirit of Jihad in the heart of the nation so that they would confront the enemies and join the ranks of the fighters.
✪ The Balfour Declaration, the Mandate for Palestine, and everything that has been based upon them, are deemed null and void.The Balfour Declaration, the Mandate for Palestine, and everything that has been based upon them, are deemed null and void.
Terrorism is not about who you are, or how you are defined; it is about what you do and what your purpose and intents are.
Most Respectfully,
R