...diverse origins and semantic justifications of terrorist acts are irrelevant to the victims. Moreover, the definitional focus of each sovereign government...instance, the United Kingdom applies the term to the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA), and Israel regards all violent acts by the Palestine Liberation...

...about "terrorism generally" and about "PLO-sponsored attacks on Israel ... in particular".31 Thus, the definitional focus of each sovereign government...what is and what is not terrorism in the context of its domestic and foreign affairs. For instance, the United Kingdom applies the term to the Irish Republican...

...diverse origins and semantic justifications of this sort of act are irrelevant to the victims. Moreover, the definitional focus of each sovereign government...sovereign State reserves to itself the political and legal * Research Professor, National Law Center, George Washington University, Washington DC. 1 For sources...

...major reason for this failure is the definitional and moral confusion over what constitutes terrorism. Every sovereign state reserves to itself the political and legal authority to define terrorism in the context of domestic and foreign affairs. For example, in November 2001. Syria...

...irrelevant to the victims. Moreover, the definitional focus of each sovereign government depends frost and foremost on the nature of its internal and external...instance, the United Kingdom applies the term to the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA), and Israel regards all violent acts by the Palestine Liberation...