What is terrorism? According to who's definition?

"SINGAPORE: Three men whose radicalisation was triggered or accelerated by the Israel-Hamas conflict were detained under the Internal Security Act in November 2024, the Internal Security Department (ISD) said on Thursday (Jan 9).

All three Singaporeans were separately self-radicalised online and had made preparations to engage in armed violence overseas....

“Emotionally affected by the suffering of the Palestinians, he formed a hatred towards the IDF, and within weeks, developed a strong desire to fight for Hamas against the IDF in Gaza,” said ISD.

“He believed this was a legitimate form of armed jihad and aspired to die as a martyr while fighting.”....

Over the years, he became convinced this would occur in his lifetime, and it was his religious duty to fight alongside the mujahideen, or fighters, against the “enemies of Islam” during this period....

He viewed the IDF and the Israeli government as “enemies” for inflicting suffering on the Palestinians...."

Above is quoted from CNA on the arrest of 3 radicalised Singaporeans under the ISA. Their motivation is to go to the Middle East to fight for the Palestinians. There are many fighters from foreign countries fighting in the Middle East and in Ukraine for the Israelis and the Ukrainians. These are called volunteers or mercenaries, not terrorists.  In the western media, those volunteers or radicalised Muslims are called terrrorists just like their branding of Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis and all the freedom fighters defending their lands and fighting for the Palestinians as terrorists.

What is the definition of terrorist in the dictionary? Generally, terrorists are those involved in acts of violence not affected by war, not a war zone, but in peaceful cities, and the victims or assets are civilians, like bombings of infrastructure, public places or mowing down civilians in their cars, or the 911 incident. Anyone, radicalised or not, but with intent to blow up infrastructure or people in a city or public places would fall under the definition of terrorists and their acts as terrorism.

In the Middle East, the Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis and many other groups of fighters are fighting for the freedom of their countries and people. Are they terrorists? Why are they called terrorists? Do you accept this terrorist label tagged on them by the Americans and the Israelis?

The genocide of the Palestinians, is it an act of war or an act of terrorism, state terrorism? The Americans and the Israelis are conducting indiscriminate bombing of the Arab states with no declaration of war. Are they not terrorists just because they put on military uniforms and have the backing of the states? Are not the mercenaries fighting for Ukraine and Israel terrorists and should be arrested and jailed?

What do you think? What is a terrorist? What is the definition of a terrorist? Are you blindly using the American and western definition of terrorist as the right definition when the Americans, including the Brits, are the world's most vicious terrorists? The USA is the world's number one terrorist state.

PS.  Below is from an article in RT on the crimes committed by Brit terrorists in Afghanistan.

UK special forces had ‘golden pass’ to kill Afghan civilians – officer

British troops viewed all fighting-age men as targets, a former service member said in his testimony.

British commandos had a policy of routinely killing civilians during anti-Taliban raids in Afghanistan, a former soldier has told a public inquiry.

The testimonies of seven soldiers and commanders released on Wednesday are part of an investigation into the conduct of the UK special forces, including the SAS, in Helmand province between 2010 and 2013.

“During these operations it was said that ‘all fighting age males are killed’ on target regardless of the threat they posed, this included those not holding weapons,” a soldier, known only as N1799, told the inquiry.