Palestinian Rep to UN: Palestinian Murder of Israelis is not Terrorism

According to the Palestinian representative to the UN Riyadh Mansour, a Palestinian who bombs, shoots, stabs or drives a car into an Israeli is by definition not a terrorist. Speaking at the Security Council session on "Threats to International Peace and Security Caused by Terrorist Acts: Countering the Narratives and Ideologies of Terrorism" held on May 11, 2016, Mansour stated that all terrorism is unjustifiable - unless the targets are Israelis.

In his words:

"Violent criminal actions intended to provoke a state of terror among persons whatever purposes, whatever and by whomever, are unjustifiable in any circumstances. There should be no exceptions or selectivity in the applications of this principle as we seek to confront extremist ideologies and groups and bring a halt to their terror. Lastly, we must reaffirm that terrorism should not be equated with the legitimate struggles of peoples under colonial domination or foreign occupation for self-determination and national liberation... The struggles of people under colonial domination and foreign occupation for self-determination and national liberation, including the decades long struggle of the Palestinian people for freedom and justice, does not constitute terrorism, and any such characterizations and analogies must be rejected."