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Israeli terrorism
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This article is about hostile actions, or actions termed terrorist against
Palestinians and British soldiers, by Jewish groups within the British
Mandate of Palestine, and later, by Israelis.
These attacks were not all directly connected with the "mainstream" pre-
Statehood Jewish leadership, who condemned these attacks publicly, and often
extradicted their members. Strong ties remained, though, between the formal
Jewish leadership and its underground counterparts. See also: terrorism
against Israel.
Pre-Statehood Jewish terrorism
In the 1940s, two Jewish underground organizations, the Irgun Zvai Leumi and
the Stern gang, were responsible for a number of terrorist acts:
The King David Hotel bombing on July 26, 1946, killing 91.
The bombing of the British Embassy in Rome, also in 1946.
Assassinated British minister Lord Moyne in Cairo in 1944 for his refusal to
allow Jews to flee from the Holocaust into Palestine during World War II.
Assassinated the UN mediator Count Bernadotte in September, 1948 for his
allegedly pro-Arabic conduct during the cease-fire negotiations.
Are claimed to be responsible for the massacres of hundreds of Arab villagers
and the forced exile of thousands. In particular, on April 9th, 1948a
military operation at Deir Yassin.
In 1947, killed two British sergeants in response to British refusal to
cancel the death sentence of two Jewish comrades in Akko prison. Also, killed
several suspected collaborators with the Haganah and the British mandate
government.
Attacked British military airfields and railways several times in 1946.
Destroyed bridges over the Jordan River.
Actions by the State of Israel
Qibya massacre, carried out among others by Unit 101 under the command of
Ariel Sharon. It lead to the death of almost 70 civilians.
Operation Suzannah (also known as the Lavon Affair), conducted in 1954.
Conducted by an Israeli intelligence agency, it was an attempt to thwart
Egypt's relations with the West by bombing selected Western targets in that
country.
In numerous cases during the al-Aqsa Intifada, Israel has assassinated self-
declared freedom fighters that have been employed by the Palestinian
Authority security forces, the Fatah, Hamas, and the Islamic Jihad. Most of
these assassinated people have publicly stated that they were behind
terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians. Israel has asked the Palestinian
Authority numerous times to either arrest them or extradict them; the
Authority never did either. Palestinians have claimed this constitutes
terrorism, due to the many civilians killed as a result of this policy;
Israel on the other hand declares all killings were due to a specific
security alert, intended to prevent the deaths of many more civilians.
Actions by Israeli allies
The Sabra and Shatila massacre occurred on September 16th to 18th, 1982,
during the Lebanese civil war; it was carried out by Lebanese Christian
soldiers, in a zone surrounded by Israeli army. Casualties were in the
thousands, though no exact number has ever been known.
An Israeli investigation found a number of officials (including the Defense
Minister of that time, Ariel Sharon) "indirectly responsible" for the
massacre, as they allowed the entry of Christian soldiers into the camps.
This was done despite a documented history of abusive, murderous acts by the
Lebanese Christian Militias. Some accounts, most notably, speak of pregnant
women being eviscerated by bayonets. Many Arabs claim that there was an
Israeli conspiracy with intent to carry out the massacre, although no
evidence has been uncovered to support this claim.
