Is there a reluctance to call yesterday’s bulldozer rampage “terror” because it was carried out by a lone individual? AP seems to suggest just that:
Like the perpetrator of the previous attack, the driver in Tuesday’s incident was a Palestinian from east Jerusalem with an Israeli residence permit and he drove the same type of front loader, police said. Israeli police called it a “terror attack” but no group immediately claimed responsibility.
“Terror” can be spontaneous, and a “terrorist” doesn’t necessarily have to have the backing of any organization.
UPDATE 12:20 pm: The BBC makes the same ridiculous assertion:
Israeli police called it a “terror attack”, although there was no immediate claim of responsibility by any Palestinian militant organisation.
UPDATE 1:50 pm: As does the Daily Telegraph:
Israeli officials described the attack as terrorism although there was no immediate evidence that the attacker was working for any Palestinian militant group.
