• FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world
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    25 days ago

    I would consider industrialised total war to be using terrorism as a weapon, yes. Whether that’s the British firebombing civilian areas of Germany or the Germans indiscriminately dropping rockets on London. Both actions are designed to terrorise the populace. So, ‘terrorism’. I would judge the rest of your examples by that criteria.

    Whether or not I think various causes in history were just or not is a separate consideration. So in some cases I would support ‘terrorism’, yes. Though I would struggle to find an actual clear cut example where I think that’s the moral thing to do.

    The cycle of violence between Jews and Palestinian Arabs has existed before the state of Israel even existed. Since each side has been continually justifying their actions based on what the other did it is very difficult to point to any moment in living memory where either exist “in a vacuum”. They have progressively created each other.

    I realise you don’t agree with this. But I’m not saying it to be “pro Israel”. Quite the contrary.

    Israel has the upper hand and should stop its terrorism against gaza civilians. But I think you, and others here should realise that even if Israel were to give Hamas all their demands it’s not like Islamic terrorism against Jews would stop. The ideology pre-dates Israel and even Zionism in general…