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A 3 page essay that discusses the rationale behind political violence. Westerners recoil in horror at the use of indiscriminant violence that is targeted at civilians and justifiably so. There is no denying that violence for any reason should be avoided if at all possible. However, in its knee-jerk reaction to dismiss political violence as terrorism, an important factor is frequently overlooked by Western observers, which is why the perpetrators of political violence feel compelled to take such drastic, awful and irrevocable measures. What do they hope to gain? What are their motivations? No bibliography is offered.
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be avoided if at all possible. However, in its knee-jerk reaction to dismiss political violence as terrorism, an important factor is frequently overlooked by Western observers, which is why the
perpetrators of political violence feel compelled to take such drastic, awful and irrevocable measures. What do they hope to gain? What are their motivations? Political violence refers to acts
of aggression that are performed in order to achieve political purposes. In general, the world terms these acts as "terrorism," since their purpose is to promote such a degree of
panic and chaos within a section of the public that pressure is brought to bear on governments to abandon specific policies that have agitated the violence. A historical fact that
is often overlooked in contemporary accounts of terrorism is that political violence has been used successfully in the past in aiding oppressed groups gain their political objectives. One of
the most notable cases of this tactic succeeding is in the history of Israel itself. On July 22, 1946, the Irgun, a Jewish terrorist group led by future Israeli Prime
Minister Menachem Begin set and detonated bombs that destroyed the King David Hotel in Jerusalem. The hotel was the site of the British military command in Palestine, as well as
the location of he headquarters of the British Criminal Investigation Division. The objectives of the Irgun were to have British troops withdrawn from Palestine and to establish the State of
Israel. These objectives were accomplished and Begin disbanded the Irgun in 1948, following the establishment of the State of Israel. When the goals of political violence were achieved, the organization
was no longer necessary. This brings up the question as to what the objectives, the motivations, behind current day political violence in Palestine and why political violence has been viewed
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