all that being said, this isnt a topic that really dominates Islam. for the most part its one of those things commonly misunderstood but nevertheless exploited by islamophobes especially in post 911.

Israel deliberately attacked the USS Liberty on June 8th, 1967, and killed many sailors in the process, yet where is the outrage from Americans? And don’t tell me it was an accident, because it was obviously deliberate.

I bet if more Americans knew about that incident, then support for Israel would plunge dramatically.

And by the way, the attack in 1983 on the American barracks was a legitimate target, since it was a military outpost of foreign troops on foreign land. Not that I support it, but it cannot be construed as a terrorist attack, but it can be construed as an attack on the U.S. by definition though.

Is Pearl Harbor considered a terrorist attack on that account? I’m not sure because the definition of terrorism is rather vague and murky, depends on what the individual would think. I still view it as an act of war, but a terrorist attack? I would have to digress.

And by the way, Israel isn’t all perfect. Come back to me when Israel stops jailing Ethiopian Jews for their aliyah, while giving benefits to the white Eastern European Jews upon their arrival.

When it comes to racking up who did what to whom…or whoâ??s a bigger terrorist than the other, you are going to have to acknowledge some things:
1. Terrorism is in the eye of the beholder. So yes, i am calling you blind as a bat because you have only gotten half the story and thatâ??s just a great way to become jaded and biased.
2. What is happening in the region is spun by the side of the world your on and what you read. Read the other sideâ?¦learn both sides historyâ?¦then figure it out as I am sure you have the capability of doing.
3. please donâ??t tell me you even know the on the ground reality that could lead you to making an abstruse assumption that all those who support Hezbollah are terroristsâ?¦once you have seen childrenâ??s body parts air lifted, then you are entitled to that asinine remark. If you are going to say that the Israeliâ??s also have lost people than your education and take on the situation is disappointing to say the least.
4. You really need to read a book or two and not just ones written from the same source (same side). i donâ??t blame you for your opinion at the moment because it comes from ignorance. Ignorance can be helped with education…unfortunately, stupidity has no cure.

our perceptions of terrorism differ. to some hizballah is a terrorist organization, but to others israel is a terrorist state and anyone who supports it is supporting terrorism. simple as that.

Anyone who supports Hezbollah supports terrorism. Simple as that.

Boycotting ? not practical. We should work harder to educate those idiots.

Good day Nid

http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/W_report/English/2006/17-08-2006.htm

And, yes, I think that boycott is in order as well. They are allowing themselves to be used to justify Israel’s butchery. It’s shameful. Thanks for finding this, Nas. Will draw attention to it on my blog as well.

http://www.imemc.org/content/view/20761/1/ (Information about one hundred severed limbs from June 25-August 12 in Gaza)

http://umkahlil.blogspot.com/2006/08/zionists-brutalize-handicapped.html (information about treatment Palestinian-Americans may expect at Lyddh airport)

And, I’m having trouble linking to it right now, but there is a story in August 10-16 English Al-Ahram by Erica Silverman entitled “Plain Genocide” about the horrors unleashed by the state terrorist Israel in Gaza.