are freedom fighters terrorists

The bell rang and the class sat down, we were waiting for the teacher to begin class when one of my classmates turned to me and said, “you guys did it again, what is your problem?” I looked at him in complete shock as to what he was referring to; so I responded, “Massimo what are you taking about?” “Didn’t you hear Mona, that a bunch of Palestinian’s blew up a building in Oklahoma?” At that my face turned red and I was full of embarrassment, and I thought to myself, “why would the PLO blow up a building in Oklahoma ?” The rest of the time I thought only of the poor people who died at the hands Palestinians, like me, and I nearly wanted to cry.
From that day on I never really understood terrorism. I never understood why they were blowing up buildings, hijacking planes, kidnapping innocent people, or killing masses of political and religious leaders. I also didn’t know if I was too be proud of what the PLO had done for the sake of Palestinian freedom or to di...