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  FAQ: Palestinian Violence and Terrorism - Israel's War Against Terror - Palestinian Intentions
Israel only acts in a manner which is in compliance with the principles and practice of armed conflict, and makes every effort to avoid involvement of innocent civilians, taking action only in conditions where inaction by Israel would result in additional loss of innocent lives in imminent terrorist actions.
Israel considers the Fact-Finding Committee's report to be a constructive and positive document, and accepted the four-stage outline recommended in the report: a) the cessation of violence; b) a period of calm; c) confidence building measures by both sides; and d) the renewal of negotiations.
Israel called upon the Palestinian Authority to join the ceasefire, to put an immediate end to the violence and to return to the negotiations in order to resolve the dispute by peaceful means, as both sides had committed themselves to do in the Oslo Accords.
www.israel-wat.com /faq2_eng.htm   (7798 words)

  
  Terrorism against Israel before 2000 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Police announced on February 29, 2000 that the attack was a terrorist incident and not a criminal homicide.
April 9: American citizen and student Alisa Flatow was killed in a terror attack in southern Gush Katif near the community of Kfar Darom.
Arab and Palestinian terrorism against Israel existed prior to the beginning of Israeli control over the West Bank and Gaza as a result of the Six Day War of June 1967, and even prior to the establishment of the State of Israel in May 1948.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Terrorism_against_Israel_before_2000   (2324 words)

  
 Terrorism against Israel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Within months, Israel was again the target of a wave of attacks (at that time mainly consisting of, but not limited to bombings), that originated either in the Palestinian population within the occupied territories, or in Jordan, which was no longer able to contain them.
However, Israel's prolonged stay and Arab and Iranian support had led to the strengthening of the Shi'ite-Muslim group Hezbollah that began to execute attacks against Israeli and Western targets, military and non-military alike.
During Israel's recent military operations begun in the late spring of 2003 into the West Bank (including the town of Jenin) the Israeli government has obtained and published thousands of pages of internal Palestinian Authority documents which demonstrate that the PA has been covertly funding and directing, many of the suicide bombings.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Terrorism_against_Israel   (2388 words)

  
 Palestine Liberation Organization - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Effectively the PLO recognized Israel's right to exist within pre-1967 borders, with the understanding that the Palestinians would be allowed to set up their own state in the West Bank and Gaza.
Numerous leaders within the PLO and the PA, including Yasser Arafat himself, have declared that the State of Israel has a permanent right to exist, and that the peace treaty with Israel is genuine, though members of the PLO have claimed responsibility for a number of attacks against Israelis since the Oslo Accords.
This was recognised by Israel in the Oslo Accords from 1993.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/PLO   (4102 words)

  
 Israel's unexpected victory over terrorism
Israel's triumph over the Palestinian attempt to unravel its society is the result of a systematic assault on terrorism that emerged only fitfully over the past four years.
Israel has not resorted to the indiscriminate bombings, mass expulsions, blockades of food and fuel that modern states have frequently adopted in wartime.
Israel could also lose if Byzantine domestic politics prevent the emergence of a national unity government capable of implementing decisions, such as unilateral withdrawal from Gaza, that are backed by the Israeli majority.
www.jewishworldreview.com /0904/halevi_israeli_victory.php3?printer_friendly   (2639 words)

  
 Making the Case for Israel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Israel is the only country in the Middle East in which an Arab can file a case against his country in the Supreme Court.
Israel should be proud of the way it has fought the wars that were thrust upon it for so many years.
But Israel builds a moveable fence, a fence that three times already has been moved by order of the Israeli Supreme Court and by the Israeli government in response to changes on the ground, and that seems to be the greatest violation of international law.
www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/Printable.asp?ID=13590   (4419 words)

  
 JURIST - Israel: Israeli law, legal research, human rights   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Israel is divided into six districts, administration of which is coordinated by the Ministry of Interior.
In November 2000, a Legal Commission of Inquiry headed by Justice Theodore Or was established to investigate the demonstrations and riots of October 2000, during which police used excessive force and killed 13 Arab citizens.
Israel concluded peace treaties with Egypt in 1979 and with Jordan in 1994, and a series of agreements with the Palestinians beginning in 1993.
jurist.law.pitt.edu /world/israel.htm   (1585 words)

  
 Israel, God's Anvil
Israel is truly like an anvil, and nations are going to be broken trying to destroy God's covenant nation.
Israel then fell under the curse of the Law, but all the blessings in the Bible now belong to the Church.
God is using the rebirth of Israel like an anvil to expose false prophets, doctrines and to have a literal witness on the earth to the authority of His word.
focusonjerusalem.com /IsraelGodsAnvil.html   (1682 words)

  
 Overview of State-Sponsored Terrorism 2000
The designation of state sponsors of terrorism by the United States--and the imposition of sanctions--is a mechanism for isolating nations that use terrorism as a means of political expression.
International terrorists should know, before they contemplate a crime, that they cannot hunker down in safehaven for a period of time and be absolved of their crimes.
In 2000 the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) engaged in three rounds of terrorism talks that culminated in a joint DPRK-US statement wherein the DPRK reiterated its opposition to terrorism and agreed to support international actions against such activity.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Terrorism/sponsortoc00.html   (3097 words)

  
 Defending Israel's Positions in Rafah
It did not stand up against the murder of a mother and her four daughters in the Gaza Strip or the continuing cultivation of a culture of hate and destruction by the Palestinian leadership.
Israel remains obligated to act in self-defense against a threat that poses a clear and present danger to innocent lives while upholding its obligations under international law.
Israel's action in Gaza is all the more critical in the face of the failure of the Palestinian leadership to act determinedly against this threat.
www.aish.com /jewishissues/middleeast/Defending_Israels_Positions_in_Rafah.asp   (2688 words)

  
 Permanent Mission of Israel to the UN
Not to condemn the terrorism, not to honor the memory of the hundreds murdered by it, but to come to the defense of one of its prime perpetrators, a godfather of terrorism.
By any reasonable standard of international law, Israel has a legitimate right, in fact a duty, to defend itself against those illegal combatants and their commanders who are committed to murder as many of its civilians as possible.
Israel is ready, as always, to be a partner to such a leadership.
www.israel-un.org /sec_council/gillerman23mar04.htm   (1867 words)

  
 [12 Dec 2000] GA/9845 : ASSEMBLY SEEKS CONTINUED WORK TOWARDS CONVENTION AGAINST TERRORISM; SUPPORT URGED FOR STATUTE ...
Within the context of State terrorism, the material and political support rendered to rebel movements which endorsed violence as a means of achieving political ends was the most vicious and dangerous type of terrorism.
The words of the Egyptian representative, which sought to misrepresent Israel and terrorism, were unreflective of Egypt's pronounced and greatly appreciated role as a supporter and facilitator of the Middle East peace process.
Israel was the one which occupied Arab lands and should be made to comply with United Nations resolutions.
www.fas.org /irp/news/2000/12/irp-001212-unterrorzur.htm   (5390 words)

  
 Terrorism 2000/2001
International terrorism involves violent acts or acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or any state, or that would be a criminal violation if committed within the jurisdiction of the United States or any state.
In December 2000 a group of high school-aged activists adhering to the extremist environmental ideology espoused by the ELF set a series of arson fires at residences under construction in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.
On July 28, 2000, Donald Beauregard, leader of the Southeastern States Alliance, was sentenced to a five-year prison term for plotting terrorist attacks against power plants and government offices in the states of Florida and Georgia.
www.fbi.gov /publications/terror/terror2000_2001.htm   (12835 words)

  
 The Israeli-Palestinian conflict   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Israel - because it is based on western principles of freedom rather than pre-scientific tribalism - managed not only to beat the combined Arab armies but in fact expanded its territory.
All through 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003, as the Palestinian intifada raged against Jewish civilians, we heard again and again from the western left that Israel's response was all wrong.
Israel's unexpected victory over terrorism by Yossi Klein Halevi and Michael B. Oren, Sept 20, 2004 - Much to everyone's surprise (including the Israelis), it turned out that a military solution was the answer to the Palestinian intifada.
markhumphrys.com /israel.conflict.html   (7501 words)

  
 ISRAEL
In the case of Israel and the Palestinians, however, as Israel naturally does not want foreign observers, let alone a UN military force to protect the Palestinians, the United States defers to Israel (as it did to Indonesia in East Timor) and refuses to support even an observer presence without the ethnic cleanser's acquiesence.
Israel Shamir also compares the Israeli treatment of the Palestinians in Intifada II unfavorably to the anti-Jewish pogroms in Czarist Russia, where the casualties were much smaller and where, after the pogrom, "all writers and intelligentsia condemned the perpetrators.
Israel was also free to organize and maintain a proxy army in South Lebanon to serve its post-invasion "iron fist" cross-border policies.
www.zmag.org /meastwatch/israeleth1.htm   (2251 words)

  
 New York Daily News - Ideas & Opinions - Alan M. Dershowitz: Euro trash   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Before we get to the causes of the international bigotry that blames everything bad on Israel, let's look at the hard facts.
After winning the war in six days, Israel immediately accepted UN Security Council Resolution 242, which mandated the return of certain - but not all - territories captured during the war in exchange for guarantees of peace, recognition and territorial integrity from the surrounding states.
Israel's actions are not those of a warmongering nation that threatens world peace but rather of a nation that has tried harder to achieve peace than virtually any in history.
www.nydailynews.com /news/ideas_opinions/story/134989p-120276c.html   (886 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Americas | What is terrorism?
The Act says terrorism means the use or threat of action to influence a government or intimidate the public for a political, religious or ideological cause.
Instead it says that terrorism is a deliberate attack by an individual or a group against a country, its institutions or its people - with the aim of intimidating them and damaging or destroying their political, economic or social structures.
And the Spaniards said the war against terrorism should cover all terrorists, including the ETA group which uses car bombs and shootings to pursue its demand for an independent Basque state.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/1555265.stm   (1092 words)

  
 israelinsider: Why Israel fights
Despite the blur created by the routinization of terrorism, when one atrocity supplants the next with such rapidity that we lose even the ability to mourn, several clarifying moments have emerged from the last 18 months of war.
Rather than see Israel as the answer to Jewish survival, we are beginning to see it as a threat.
Before I moved to Israel 20 years ago, Israeli relatives and friends would ask me when I was planning to settle here, convinced that this was the obvious place for a Jew to live.
www.israelinsider.com /views/articles/views_0338.htm   (1146 words)

  
 IWS Terrorism Chapter: Conventional, NBC & Cyberterrorism
Combating Terrorism: Observations on National Strategies Related to Terrorism, by Raymond J. Decker, director, defense capabilities and management issues, before the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations, House Committee on Government Reform.GAO-03-519T, March 3, 2003.
Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV), St Andrews 'The primary focus of the centre is the study of terrorism and related forms of political violence.'
Terrorism Research Center, USA 'The Center is dedicated to informing the public of the phenomena of terrorism and information warfare.
www.iwar.org.uk /cyberterror/index.htm   (967 words)

  
 ISRAEL
There was not the slightest hint that Israel was contributing to Palestinian misery despite massive expropriations and 300 devastating "closures" after 1993.
For Albright, "security" is primary, and she told Arafat that "she needed a commitment and action on the subject of security" before she could make a credible approach to Israel on other issues (WP, Sept 12, 1997).
Because of these services, Israel's victims are not merely unworthy, they also become "terrorists" and part of the "Islamic threat" for the U.S. political elite and mainstream media.
www.zmag.org /meastwatch/israeleth2.htm   (1281 words)

  
 Lost freedoms of Israel, by Meron Rapoport
Arab MKs are now accused of inciting rebellion against the state, though some Israelis admit that the accusation is a deliberate attempt to delegitimise Arab political leadership.
Before the last elections, he refused to allow an interview with Amram Mitzna, head of the biggest opposition party and candidate for the premiership.
There was bitter discussion before he finally permitted the interview." Uri Dan, a close friend of Sharon, has been given a two-hour radio programme in which praises he Sharon and attacks his opponents.
mondediplo.com /2004/02/06israel   (2774 words)

  
 History & Geography of Israel & Palestine. Also... Zionism, Refugees, PLO, Terrorism, Arab-Israeli Conflict   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Israel has set the stage, not for peace, but for an all out war the likes of which she has never dreamed of in her own worst nightmares!
The Arab campaign against Israel is rooted not in any negotiable grievances but in a basic opposition to the very existence of Jewish sovereignty in what they perceive as THEIR Middle East!
After the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, their goal became two-tracked: Either (1) destroy Israel outright (the same pre-1967 goal) or (2) the creation of an Arab-Palestinian state to be used as a launching pad from which to destroy Israel.
www.masada2000.org   (5556 words)

  
 HAMAS’ TERRORISM STRATEGY: OPERATIONAL LIMITATIONS AND POLITICAL CONSTRAINTS
In another interview to Al-Sharq al-Awsat on August 19, Yassin stressed that his movement’s position on military action against Israel was firm and has not changed, due to of the continuing Israeli occupation of Palestine.
The day before, ‘Iz al-Din al-Qassam warned in a statement that it was preparing to escalate its armed attacks against Israel despite its October pledge not to target civilians.
Against this background, Hamas will probably lower the profile of its terrorist activity, reorganize its weakened military apparatus, recruit and train new militants and wait for the right moment to try and strike again at the difficult and complex process of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.
meria.idc.ac.il /journal/2000/issue1/jv4n1a7.html   (6508 words)

  
 Israeli-Palestinian Issues: Facts, Figures & Recommendations (Issues 2006)
Now that Hamas has been elected to power, the Bush Administration should insist that it dissolve its militia, disavow terrorism, accept previous Israeli–Palestinian agreements, and amend its charter to drop its goal of destroying Israel if it expects to be treated as a responsible government.
American troops are stretched thin in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other theaters in the war against terrorism and should not be diverted to an open-ended peacekeeping commitment.
Israel is building a 480-mile fence to prevent terrorists from crossing from the West Bank into Israel.
www.heritage.org /Research/features/issues/issuearea/IsrPal.cfm   (1086 words)

  
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will further the struggle against what they call an inherently racist system that needs to be abolished.
The treatment of Arabs by the State of Israel can in no way be compared to the treatment of the Blacks of South Africa under apartheid.
In fact, Israel remains the lone democracy in the Middle East, with all of the institutions — a free press, a multitude of political parties, an independent judiciary and religious freedom — that are at the heart of true liberal democracies.
www.adl.org /main_Israel/Divestment_02_17_05.htm   (737 words)

  
 DEBKAfile, Political Analysis, Espionage, Terrorism Security
The bombing attack at the old Tel Aviv bus terminal Monday was the first suicide strike against Israel to be planned outside Palestinian territory.
Before springing his disclosure at a sacred mausoleum in the northern town of Mashhad on April 11, DEBKAfile’s Iranian sources disclose he paid a stealthy visit to Neyshabour in Khorassan, 38 kms to the southeast.
Israel too has halted the transfer of $70-80 million in monthly revenues on incoming and outgoing Palestinian commodities.
www.debka.com   (2089 words)

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