Palestinian political violence refers to acts of violence committed for political reasons by Palestinians or Palestinian militant groups. Palestinian groups that support and carry out politically-motivated violent acts have included Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Fatah's Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command, the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and the Abu Nidal Organization. When directed against civilians, such violence is frequently labeled as terrorism. blank">http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&q=%22palestinian+terrorism%22&btnG=Search+News
The _United States and European Union have designated the Abu Nidal Organisation, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Palestine Liberation Front, the PFLP and PFLP-GC as terrorist organisations. A United States Congress decision from 1987 determined that the PLO was also a terrorist organization (this decision was de facto reversed with the 1993 Oslo accords). As is often the case in political violence, the perpetrators consider their attacks justified while the state targeted says otherwise.
