Anti-Israel movements
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Anti-Israel movements are movements directed against the Israeli government.
These political movement come in two basic variations:
- Militants who believe there is no hope for negotiation with their enemy, which they percieve to be foreign imperialists bent on world domination. These militants espouse a doctrine of warfare referred to by the UN terrorism and as jihad by the militants. As in many wars, these groups often target civilians, noncombatants, and civilian infrastructure.
- Pacifists who believe there is a possibility to negotiate with the Israelis for their removal from territories argued to be occupied in violation of international law.
See also: Hamas, Hezbollah, Arafat, Yasser