From the daily briefing of the US Department of State on whether stabbing is terrorism
"QUESTION: John, I�m just wondering if � does the � and this is not intended to be purely a semantic point, but does the Administration have a view as to whether this wave of violence that you�ve condemned is criminal in nature, or is it actually terrorism?
MR KIRBY: We would consider these � the violent acts that we�re talking about specifically here as acts of terror.
QUESTION: So acts of terror � terrorism, I mean, I know that this is again getting into semantics again, but after --
MR KIRBY: Yes, yes.
QUESTION: -- so terrorism. That you�re referring to attacks by Palestinians against Israelis, yes?
MR KIRBY: Yes.
QUESTION: To stabbings and the shooting of the --
MR KIRBY: The stabbings, the shootings � terrorism, yes.
QUESTION: There was an incident in Dimona, okay � let�s look at it from the other side � there was an incident in Dimona � I believe it was in Dimona � in southern Israel this morning where an Israeli stabbed four Palestinians. Does that fall in the same category or is it --
MR KIRBY: I don�t have the details on that, Matt, so I�m not going to � I�d really rather not get into --
QUESTION: I understand."
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