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| In the 1970s and early 1980s various arms of the ] carried out a wave of terrorist bombings across Israel and Europe, massacres in synagogues and in public airports in Europe, and airplane hijackings in Europe. | In the 1970s and early 1980s various arms of the ] carried out a wave of terrorist bombings across Israel and Europe, massacres in synagogues and in public airports in Europe, and airplane hijackings in Europe. | ||
| Before the Oslo peace accords were signed, some arms of the ] officially sanctioned these attacks. Since Oslo, Palestinian groups such as ], ], ], and some PLO factions have continued to fund and encourage terrorist acts. In contrast, the central ] has gone on record a number of times as being against terrorist acts. | Before the Oslo peace accords were signed, some arms of the ] officially sanctioned these attacks. Since Oslo, Palestinian groups such as ], ], ], and some PLO factions have continued to fund and encourage terrorist acts. In contrast, the central ] has gone on record a number of times as being against terrorist acts. | ||
| Since Israel's recent military incursion into the ] (including the town of ]) the Israeli government has obtained and published hundreds of pages of internal Palestinian Authority documents which they allege to show that the PA has been covertly funding, and possibly directing, many suicide bombings. Many government officials in the ] have gone on record as saying this is proof that the PA still supports terrorism. The PA initially responded by saying that these documents were taken out of context; their position now is that the documents never existed, and that they are all fabrications. | Since Israel's recent military incursion into the ] (including the town of ]) the Israeli government has obtained and published hundreds of pages of internal Palestinian Authority documents which they allege to show that the PA has been covertly funding, and possibly directing, many suicide bombings. Many government officials in the ] have gone on record as saying this is proof that the PA still supports terrorism. The PA initially responded by saying that these documents were taken out of context; their position now is that the documents never existed, and that they are all fabrications. | ||
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The expression Palestinian terrorism is commonly used to indicate terrorist acts committed by some Palestinians particularly against the State of Israel, and occasionaly against others.
In the 1970s and early 1980s various arms of the PLO carried out a wave of terrorist bombings across Israel and Europe, massacres in synagogues and in public airports in Europe, and airplane hijackings in Europe.
Before the Oslo peace accords were signed, some arms of the PLO officially sanctioned these attacks. Since Oslo, Palestinian groups such as Islamic Jihad, Hamas, Hizballah, and some PLO factions have continued to fund and encourage terrorist acts. In contrast, the central Palestinian Authority has gone on record a number of times as being against terrorist acts.
Since Israel's recent military incursion into the West Bank (including the town of Jenin) the Israeli government has obtained and published hundreds of pages of internal Palestinian Authority documents which they allege to show that the PA has been covertly funding, and possibly directing, many suicide bombings. Many government officials in the United States have gone on record as saying this is proof that the PA still supports terrorism. The PA initially responded by saying that these documents were taken out of context; their position now is that the documents never existed, and that they are all fabrications.
An international consensus on the proper definition of terrorist acts against Israel has not yet been achieved. Notwithstanding continued European condemnation of Palestinian terrorism, the State of Israel continues to complain that acts taken against European citizens are always labeled as terrorist, but that similar actions against Israel are almost never labeled as such.
Over 30 suicide bombers have recently launched attacks against Israeli targets, killing a large number of civilians. These groups are said to have at their disposal enormous quantities of weapons and explosives, which all sides agree are not made by the individual bombers themselves but at informal factories in the West Bank and Gaza.
Palestinian spokespeople claim that the bombings are forgiveable and understandable effects of the unsatisfactory situation in which Palestinians live. They feel that their national sentiment is little respected internationally. In contrast, Israelis and Americans point out that many millions of people live in similar and worse conditions all over the world, and that these people never resort to waves of suicide bombings. Israelis and Americans hold that the real cause of the suicide bombings is the indoctrination of Palestinian children, from kindergarten to college age, with pro-suicide propaganda, including official Palestinian Authority television shows for 5 and 6 year olds teaching them songs about murdering Jews. Given such a climate of hatred over so many years, it is not surprising that some Palestinian children are eventually convinced to become terrorists.
See also: Terrorism against Arabs.