Yossi Schwartz, ISL (RCIT section in Israel/Occupied Palestine) 25.10.2026
Yesterday in the Zionist news, it appeared: “Staff Sergeant Ron Yonatan Roitman and Sergeant Yuval Shai Sweilam were killed in the shooting attack near Hebron. The Zionist Army Spokesperson reported that the two, a commander and a fighter in the Aryan Battalion of the Home Front Command, were killed by the terrorists’ gunfire in the deadly attack at the Judea Junction.”[i]
First, we must ask whether this is an act of terror or an act of national liberation by Palestinian fighters.
Attempts by the United Nations to draft a comprehensive convention on international terrorism have run into roadblocks. The main debate remains over whether to exclude “national liberation movements” fighting against foreign occupation, leading to a situation in which different countries define the same groups as freedom fighters or terrorists.
Marxists not only recognize and support the armed struggle of occupied peoples, but also see the right to self-determination as a foundational norm of international law (recognized under UN Charter Articles 1(2) and 55, and common Article 1 of the ICCPR and ICESCR).
UN General Assembly Resolutions: Resolutions such as UNGA Resolution 2625 (XXV) and Resolution 37/43 affirm the legitimacy of the struggle of peoples under colonial or foreign occupation, stating they are entitled to resist by “all available means, including armed struggle”.
The Nazis did not recognize the fighting of underground groups or Jews as legal combatants or a legitimate army but rather presented them as outlaws or “gangs” to justify their immediate extrajudicial extermination.
They referred to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising fighters as “bandits “, a term that was officially used in SS documents and reports to describe partisans, guerrillas, and anyone who opposed the Nazi regime. This was the term used by SS General Jürgen Stroop who led the suppression of the revolt.
The Zionists use the term terrorists for the freedom fighters and for civilians murdered in cold blood by the Zionist army.
Attempts by the United Nations to draft a “comprehensive convention on international terrorism” have been blocked by the imperialist states. The main dispute remains over whether “national liberation movements” fighting against foreign occupation should be excluded, leading to a situation in which different countries define the same groups as freedom fighters or terrorists.
The Supreme Court of Israel accepts that the humanitarian provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention apply to the treatment of Palestinians; the Israeli state and its courts do not fully recognize its application. They often argue the territory is “disputed” rather than occupied in the traditional sense because no universally recognized sovereign controlled the West Bank before 1967, and they use the terms Judia and Shomron for the West Bank.
Since the killing of the Israeli soldiers who oppress them is part of the struggle for freedom, we cannot have no tears for them.
Endnotes:
[i] https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/ryko0punfg#autoplay