Hello, all. This is a comment to remind users that answers should not deal with events after 1997, so as to not violate the 20 year rule.

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Under your definition, every state that has ever gone to war is a terrorist state. After all, war is politics by another means, right?

under your chosen definition all the members of NATO Russia china India and generally all important states are terrorist states making your definition pointless self righteous political posturing

all the differences between the actions of the states mentioned and Israel favor Israel national history provocation proximity and historical claim