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terrorism; Malik Omar (2001), Enough of the Definition of Terrorism!, London:
RIIA; Schmid Alex P., Jongman Albert (1984), Political Terrorism: A Research
Guide to Concepts, Theories, Data Bases, and Literature, New Brunswick, N.J.:
Transaction Books).
16 This was the response of Walter Laquer, to a questionnaire sent by Alex Schmidt, in
order for them to position themselves vis-a- vis his proposed definition of terrorism for
his book, Schmhid and Jongman.
17 Lenin cited in Schmid and Jongman, 50.
18 See, for example, the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 44/29 of 4 December
1989 – the Preamble states that it reaffirms “the inalienable right to self-determination
and independence of all people under colonial and racist regimes and other forms of
alien domination and foreign occupation, and [upholds] the legitimacy of their struggle,
in particular the struggle of national liberation movements...”, United Nations General
Assembly Resolution 2675 [XXV] (1970) and Resolution 3314 [XXIX] (1974).
19 This principle, known as the principle of distinction, is codified in the four Geneva
Conventions of 1949 and their two Additional Protocols of 1977. The principle of
distinction is a fundamental rule of customary international humanitarian law, binding
on all parties to armed conflicts, whether international or non-international.
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United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan's statement, following suicide bombings
against Israeli civilians, 20 May 2002.
Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, spiritual leader of “Hamas” has said to Amnesty International,
quoted in “Israel and the Occupied Territories and the Palestinian Authority: Without
distinction: Attacks on civilians by Palestinian armed groups”, Amnesty International,
July 2002.
Abd al-Azim al Mt'ani, lecturer at al-Azhar University, quoted in Haim Malka, “Must
Innocent Die The Islamic Debate over Suicide Attacks”, BORR Terrorism News,
August 4 2003, http://www.borrul.org/e/noticia.phpid=20028, (November 5 2004).
23 Dr. Al-Imam, quoted in “Debating the Religious, Political, and Moral Legitimacy of
Suicide Bombings: Part III”, Report no. 65, MEMRI, July 26, 2001.
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Article 50 (1), Protocol I Geneva Convention.
Article 43, Protocol I Geneva Convention.
Article 50 (2) and (3), Protocol I Geneva Convention.
Article 51 (4) and (5), Protocol I Geneva Convention.
Article 58, Protocol I Geneva Convention.
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