When it comes to terror groups like Hamas and Islamic Jihad, AP identifies their members as “militants.” Who is the word terror reserved for? In this case, Israelis. See this AP report:
Israeli Jew Charged in Terror Plan
JERUSALEM — Asaf Ben-David, an Israeli Jew, is facing charges of conspiring to carry out a terror attack with a wanted Palestinian militant — his brother.
The Jew is involved in a “terror plan,” which makes him a “terrorist.” His brother, an Islamic Jihad fugitive killed by the IDF last month, is a “militant.” What kind of skewed decision making led the AP to label one a terrorist and the other a militant?
Ben-David converted to Judaism and became an Israeli citizen in the 1990s.
