Israel and state-sponsored terrorism

The State of Israel has been accused of engaging in state-sponsored terrorism,^[1] as well as committing acts of state terrorism on a daily basis in the Palestinian territories.^[2] Countries that have condemned Israel's role as a perpetrator of state-sponsored terrorism or state terrorism include Bolivia,^[3] Iran, Lebanon,^[4] Oman,^[5] Saudi Arabia,^[6] Syria,^[7] Turkey,^[8] and Yemen.^[9]

An early example of Israeli state-sponsored was the 1954 Lavon Affair, a botched bomb plot in Egypt that led to the resignation of the Israeli defense minister at the time. In the 1970s and 1980s, Israel was also a major supplier of arms to dictatorial regimes in South America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia. In the 21st-century, it has been accused of sponsoring and supporting several terrorist groups as part of its proxy conflict with Iran.

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*Crenshaw, Martha; Pimlott, John (2015), "Western Sponsors of Terrorism", International Encyclopedia of Terrorism, Routledge, p. 680, ISBN 9781135919665, Israel has been involved in sponsoring terrorist groups in Lebanon. In its struggle against Palestinian and Shiite terrorists, Israel generally relied on assassinations carried out by its special forces or on military reprisals, but also provided arms, training and military assistance to local militias such as the right-wing Phalange. Like other militias involved in Lebanon's civil war, Phalange carried out numerous terrorist attacks. The most notorious was the massacre of Palestinian civilians at Sabra and Chatilla refugee camps near Beirut in 1982.
- Johnson, Dale L. (2017), Social Inequality, Economic Decline, and Plutocracy: An American Crisis, Springer, p. 123, ISBN 9783319490434, Israel, a nation that engages in state-sponsored terrorism in the extreme, has received more American military and economic aid than any country in the world, allowing the continuation of the Palestine occupation and violent repression of the resistance.
- Wright, Robert (13 February 2012), Israel and Proxy Terrorism, The Atlantic, archived from the original on 8 May 2019, retrieved 28 June 2019
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- Grinberg, Lev (May 2002), "Israel's State Terrorism", Peace Research, 34 (1), Canadian Mennonite University: 1–2, JSTOR 23608008
- Hagopian, Elaine C. (Spring 2017), "Reviewed Work: State of Terror: How Terrorism Created Modern Israel by Suarez, Thomas", Arab Studies Quarterly, 39 (2), Pluto Journals: 861–864, doi:10.13169/arabstudquar.39.2.0861, JSTOR 10.13169/arabstudquar.39.2.0861
- Nasr, Sandra (2009), "Israel's other terrorist challenge", in Richard Jackson; Eamon Murphy; Scott Poynting (eds.), Contemporary State Terrorism: Theory and Practice, Routledge, pp. 68, 74, 81–82, ISBN 9781135245160, From the foregoing, it is surely indisputable that Israel is committing acts of state terror of many kinds on a daily basis in the Occupied Territories... It is reasonable to conclude that until all appropriate steps to prevent IDF abuse against unarmed Palestinian civilians are taken by authorities, Israel is culpable and guilty of using state terror tactics.
^ Bolivia declares Israel a 'terrorist state', Times of Israel, 31 July 2014, archived from the original on 27 June 2019, retrieved 27 June 2019
^ "Siniora says Israel's attacks "state-sponsored terrorism"", Kuwait News Agency, 30 July 2006, archived from the original on 3 August 2021, retrieved 2 June 2018
^ "Malaysia condemns 'heinous and appalling attack' on al-Mawasi". Al Jazeera. 13 July 2024.
^ Angus McDowall; Rania El Gamal; Sami Aboudi (August 2014), Mark Heinrich (ed.), "Saudi king labels Israeli offensive in Gaza a war crime", Reuters, archived from the original on 2022-06-20, retrieved 2018-06-02, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah broke his silence on Friday over the three-week-old conflict in Gaza, condemning what he saw as international silence over Israel's offensive and describing this as a war crime and "state-sponsored terrorism".
^ History Behind the Headlines: The Origins of Conflicts Worldwide, vol. 5, Gale Group, 2002, pp. 313, 319, ISBN 9780787659110, Clearly Syria sees Israel as a terrorist state and has even suggested to Washington that Israel be added to the U.S. government's list of state sponsors.
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*"Erdogan calls Israel 'terrorist', Netanyahu hits back", Euronews, 10 December 2017, archived from the original on 15 April 2021, retrieved 2 June 2018
- Jeffrey Heller (9 June 2010), Diana Abdallah (ed.), "Netanyahu says ready to testify in flotilla inquiry", Reuters, archived from the original on 26 November 2021, retrieved 2 June 2018, The bloodshed triggered an international outcry and strained relations between Israel and its once-close Muslim ally, Turkey. Israel called the troops' actions "self-Defense." Turkey described the killings as "state-sponsored terrorism."
^ Yemeni Statement (PDF), United Nations, archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-07-03, retrieved 2018-06-02, We demand the Security Council to ensure the physical safety of the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, and to provide protection for the Palestinian people against Israeli state-sponsored terrorism, in addition to showing respect for the wishes and the will of the Palestinian people.

[1] *Crenshaw, Martha; Pimlott, John (2015), "Western Sponsors of Terrorism", International Encyclopedia of Terrorism, Routledge, p. 680, ISBN 9781135919665, Israel has been involved in sponsoring terrorist groups in Lebanon. In its struggle against Palestinian and Shiite terrorists, Israel generally relied on assassinations carried out by its special forces or on military reprisals, but also provided arms, training and military assistance to local militias such as the right-wing Phalange. Like other militias involved in Lebanon's civil war, Phalange carried out numerous terrorist attacks. The most notorious was the massacre of Palestinian civilians at Sabra and Chatilla refugee camps near Beirut in 1982.
Johnson, Dale L. (2017), Social Inequality, Economic Decline, and Plutocracy: An American Crisis, Springer, p. 123, ISBN 9783319490434, Israel, a nation that engages in state-sponsored terrorism in the extreme, has received more American military and economic aid than any country in the world, allowing the continuation of the Palestine occupation and violent repression of the resistance.

Wright, Robert (13 February 2012), Israel and Proxy Terrorism, The Atlantic, archived from the original on 8 May 2019, retrieved 28 June 2019

[2] Johnson, Dale L. (2017), Social Inequality, Economic Decline, and Plutocracy: An American Crisis, Springer, p. 123, ISBN 9783319490434, Israel, a nation that engages in state-sponsored terrorism in the extreme, has received more American military and economic aid than any country in the world, allowing the continuation of the Palestine occupation and violent repression of the resistance.

[3] Wright, Robert (13 February 2012), Israel and Proxy Terrorism, The Atlantic, archived from the original on 8 May 2019, retrieved 28 June 2019

[2] 
Grinberg, Lev (May 2002), "Israel's State Terrorism", Peace Research, 34 (1), Canadian Mennonite University: 1–2, JSTOR 23608008

Hagopian, Elaine C. (Spring 2017), "Reviewed Work: State of Terror: How Terrorism Created Modern Israel by Suarez, Thomas", Arab Studies Quarterly, 39 (2), Pluto Journals: 861–864, doi:10.13169/arabstudquar.39.2.0861, JSTOR 10.13169/arabstudquar.39.2.0861

Nasr, Sandra (2009), "Israel's other terrorist challenge", in Richard Jackson; Eamon Murphy; Scott Poynting (eds.), Contemporary State Terrorism: Theory and Practice, Routledge, pp. 68, 74, 81–82, ISBN 9781135245160, From the foregoing, it is surely indisputable that Israel is committing acts of state terror of many kinds on a daily basis in the Occupied Territories... It is reasonable to conclude that until all appropriate steps to prevent IDF abuse against unarmed Palestinian civilians are taken by authorities, Israel is culpable and guilty of using state terror tactics.

[5] Grinberg, Lev (May 2002), "Israel's State Terrorism", Peace Research, 34 (1), Canadian Mennonite University: 1–2, JSTOR 23608008

[6] Hagopian, Elaine C. (Spring 2017), "Reviewed Work: State of Terror: How Terrorism Created Modern Israel by Suarez, Thomas", Arab Studies Quarterly, 39 (2), Pluto Journals: 861–864, doi:10.13169/arabstudquar.39.2.0861, JSTOR 10.13169/arabstudquar.39.2.0861

[7] Nasr, Sandra (2009), "Israel's other terrorist challenge", in Richard Jackson; Eamon Murphy; Scott Poynting (eds.), Contemporary State Terrorism: Theory and Practice, Routledge, pp. 68, 74, 81–82, ISBN 9781135245160, From the foregoing, it is surely indisputable that Israel is committing acts of state terror of many kinds on a daily basis in the Occupied Territories... It is reasonable to conclude that until all appropriate steps to prevent IDF abuse against unarmed Palestinian civilians are taken by authorities, Israel is culpable and guilty of using state terror tactics.

[3] Bolivia declares Israel a 'terrorist state', Times of Israel, 31 July 2014, archived from the original on 27 June 2019, retrieved 27 June 2019

[4] "Siniora says Israel's attacks "state-sponsored terrorism"", Kuwait News Agency, 30 July 2006, archived from the original on 3 August 2021, retrieved 2 June 2018

[5] "Malaysia condemns 'heinous and appalling attack' on al-Mawasi". Al Jazeera. 13 July 2024.

[6] Angus McDowall; Rania El Gamal; Sami Aboudi (August 2014), Mark Heinrich (ed.), "Saudi king labels Israeli offensive in Gaza a war crime", Reuters, archived from the original on 2022-06-20, retrieved 2018-06-02, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah broke his silence on Friday over the three-week-old conflict in Gaza, condemning what he saw as international silence over Israel's offensive and describing this as a war crime and "state-sponsored terrorism".

[7] History Behind the Headlines: The Origins of Conflicts Worldwide, vol. 5, Gale Group, 2002, pp. 313, 319, ISBN 9780787659110, Clearly Syria sees Israel as a terrorist state and has even suggested to Washington that Israel be added to the U.S. government's list of state sponsors.

[8] *"Erdogan calls Israel 'terrorist', Netanyahu hits back", Euronews, 10 December 2017, archived from the original on 15 April 2021, retrieved 2 June 2018
Jeffrey Heller (9 June 2010), Diana Abdallah (ed.), "Netanyahu says ready to testify in flotilla inquiry", Reuters, archived from the original on 26 November 2021, retrieved 2 June 2018, The bloodshed triggered an international outcry and strained relations between Israel and its once-close Muslim ally, Turkey. Israel called the troops' actions "self-Defense." Turkey described the killings as "state-sponsored terrorism."

[14] Jeffrey Heller (9 June 2010), Diana Abdallah (ed.), "Netanyahu says ready to testify in flotilla inquiry", Reuters, archived from the original on 26 November 2021, retrieved 2 June 2018, The bloodshed triggered an international outcry and strained relations between Israel and its once-close Muslim ally, Turkey. Israel called the troops' actions "self-Defense." Turkey described the killings as "state-sponsored terrorism."

[9] Yemeni Statement (PDF), United Nations, archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-07-03, retrieved 2018-06-02, We demand the Security Council to ensure the physical safety of the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, and to provide protection for the Palestinian people against Israeli state-sponsored terrorism, in addition to showing respect for the wishes and the will of the Palestinian people.

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