Depends on your defined of terrorism, and what these actions are.
The usual one i see is to the effect of "non state actor using violence against a civilization population to further political objectives". By that one:
no, Israel is a state
violence, yes.
civilian population is a maybe, depending on your definition of Hezbollah actions and position. Are they civilians, combatants, terrorists themselves?
further political objectives is likely, however I don't see what the objective is. Kill people we don't like is murder, not terrorism.
Of note, if its not a terrorist act it could very well be an act of war, invoking the right of self defense (Art 30???). If so, and civilian casualties weren't minimized its leading towards war crime territory. I wouldn't say it was - small explosive, on an object usually carried by the target, which was unlikely to be used by civilians.
Israel could use the same article to call this attack self defense against actions already taken. You can look at gulf War for the whole discussion around preemptive strikes for self defense.
Personally, I say no. Same way Chinese vessels "only" ramming and using waterguns on Philippine vessels isn't terrorism.
FFS, scaremongering tactics.
It's not your tablet, beeper or walkie-talkie that is a at whim bomb - the bomb inside it is an at whim bomb.
This is like saying cars aren't safe after the US drops a RX9 through the roof of one. The vehicle is just what was targeted.
In all fairness alot of it stemmed from the fact she watched her partner die after they were betrayed by a supposedly ally - trust from that wouldn't come back quickly.
Would have liked to see the series carry on a bit more though
Oh, im aware. Lots of stuff we thought was limited to American colonization, education that has since been whitewashed to make it sound not as bad as it was, and general comments that miss most of the story. Even at the high school level.
You are not responsible for the actions of your ancestors, regardless of how direct or indirect it was. The flip side is that I did not suffer that treatment, and therefore can no blame my life and actions on it. Very different viewpoint to a number of my iwi, who are still stuck in the take take take and I'm owed mindset. Screwing over the next generation with their excuses.
All good - I actually wish some of us would stop using the last 150 years as an excuse. Did we have to deal with alot of shit - absolutely, and a not 0 ammout is still ongoing. But FFS, the opportunities are there if you stop using it as an excuse to not do better.
That's a very weak arguement - you're communicating with the embassy and ambassador of a recognized country.
Pagers are one directional, and cant be traced.
To view a different way, why do they have a pager, rather than just calling an embassy, "state department" or cell phone?
Thats ok, us Maori spend our whole time hating normal kiwis, who then hate nazis. They just need to slot in and direct theirs in the right direction (/s).
I mean, what are they really going to do - deport us back home? Actually don't answer that, they may try it.
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