Terrorism, State Terrorism and Legitimate Resistance
Livni: Attacks On Soldiers Not Terror
By JPOST.COM STAFF
Apr 11, 2006 7:54
Updated Apr 12, 2006 0:07
Courtesy Of The Jpost
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni ... making a distinction between terrorists who attack civilians and enemy fighters who fight against IDF soldiers.
"Somebody who is fighting against Israeli soldiers is an enemy and we will fight back, but I believe that this is not under the definition of terrorism, if the target is a soldier," Livni said in an interview three weeks ago on US television network ABC's Nightline that was broadcast on Israel Radio Tuesday.
During the ABC interview, Livni was asked whether she considered her father, Eitan, who was the Irgun Zva'i Leumi's director of operations during the pre-state days and fought British rule, a terrorist.
She replied that her father fought against British soldiers, not civilians, and agreed that if Hamas used suicide bombings only against soldiers she would not call that "terrorism."
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