A NYT interview with Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni labels Israeli terrorism against the British and the Palestinians as "romantic" and "freedom fighters." It's rather amazing that the exact same issues are labeled 'terrorism' when it comes to the Palestinians.
Excerpt below: (Thanks to Mondoweiss for pointing this out)
Your parents were among the country’s founders.
It was a more romantic era.
They were the first couple to marry in Israel, the very first. Both of them were in the Irgun. They were freedom fighters, and they met while boarding a British train. When the British Mandate was here, they robbed a train to get the money in order to buy weapons.
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