A senior Cabinet minister says Israel plans to build more than 3,300 new homes in settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in response to a fatal Palestinian shooting attack
Lashing out when provoked is not the same as defense.
I was very clear in my first comment. Attacking civilians indiscriminately is a terror attack.
If they instead targeted IDF or even Settlers, you may be able to argue defense against occupying forces. In that sense, you could debate whether guerilla attacks are terror related. But they didn’t, so it’s a moot point.
That is not to say that the violent extremists didn’t have relatable motives. But their actions are categorically terror attacks and not defensive.
Lashing out when provoked is not the same as defense.
I was very clear in my first comment. Attacking civilians indiscriminately is a terror attack.
If they instead targeted IDF or even Settlers, you may be able to argue defense against occupying forces. In that sense, you could debate whether guerilla attacks are terror related. But they didn’t, so it’s a moot point.
That is not to say that the violent extremists didn’t have relatable motives. But their actions are categorically terror attacks and not defensive.