Terrorism: Israel and the World

More of this Feature • Part 1: Terrorism before Occupation • Part 2: "Land for Terrorism" • Part 3: Terrorism after Palestinian Statehood • Part 4: Radical Islamic Ideology Legitimizes Terrorism • Part 5: Arafat Supports Terrorism • Part 6: Fighting Terrorism   Anti-Israeli Terrorist Groups •  Hizbullah •  Hamas •  Islamic Jihad •  PFLP, PFLP-GC, PFL •  Fatah's Tanzim •  Fatah's Al-Aksa Martyrs' Brigades • Quranic Verses about Jihad  Elsewhere on the Web • Al-Qaida and al-Quran • Arab-Israeli Conflict: Myths and Facts • "Arafat Files" • Declaration of Principles, Oslo 1993 • Documents showing Arafat's Funding of Terrorist Activities • Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) • Palestinian National Authority Map of Palestine • Report on Palestinian Incitement to Violence • U.S. State Department - Background on Terrorist Groups

Arab terrorism against Israel existed prior to the establishment of the State of Israel in May 1948.

Examples of Arab terrorism against Jews during the pre-State period include:

On the eve of the UN Partition Resolution of November 1947, Arab terrorism against Jewish targets steadily rose until it led to the joint Arab invasion of 1948-9.

The scope of Arab terrorism expanded following the 1948 War of Independence. The attacks, both on frontier settlements and population centers, were aimed primarily against innocent civilians.

Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs provides a partial list of documented acts of Arab terrorism against Israel prior to the 1967.

Given the above facts, the claim that the Israeli occupation is to blame for Palestinian terrorism is baseless. Arabs have used terrorism against Israelis for over a century.

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