Reply #11: First we have to define terrorism in a reasonable way, [View All]

and not merely use it as a political bomb. One reasonable definition is the that it is the deliberate attack on a non-military target in order to compel a government or a group to accede to a political agenda. If there is proof of such an attack by prior Israeli leaders (King David Hotel is not one of those), then that would be terrorism. By the way, by that definition, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the fire bombings of Dresden and Japan were all terrorist attacks. Personally, I believe that there has to be an additional component to the definition of terrorism; that it is used in the service of illegitimate goals, to frighten people into doing what reasonable moral people would not do otherwise. However, I don't think many share my view, so I'm willing to use the more general definition.