[lbo-talk] Definitions of "terrorism", part 2

[Wendy Lyon]

Further to an earlier post about a number of American organisations
deemed "terrorist", this charming story appears in today's Guardian:

Four Arab Israelis shot dead by a soldier opposed to the closure of the Gaza
Strip settlements are not victims of "terror" because their killer was Jewish,
Israel's defence ministry has ruled, and so their families are not entitled to
the usual compensation for life.
The ministry concluded that the law only recognises terrorism as committed by
"organisations hostile to Israel" even though the prime minister, Ariel Sharon,
described the killings by Private Eden Nathan Zaada, 19, as "a despicable act by
a bloodthirsty terrorist."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1560147,00.html