outside of the psychological warfare group Al-Qaeda & affiliates it is often used on rebels fighting whoever the government in charge is. In theory the American Revolutionaries could easily be considered terrorists in consistent with the use it is in modern times. The day Israel was recognized by Truman it was attacked by several countries such as Iraq on the same day that it was. This is more of a formal conflict -- could be considered a civil war.
Depend on how you define the term, they tend to box it in to fit this in there while leaving anybody appropriate out. Like what if US is called a terrorist state? To me it doesn't matter because what it is the damage, what are the actions, etc. Human rights take a back seat so weapons dealers can give the brutal regimes their weapons to use against the populists or anyone not on board with sharing the wealth with the US or Britain. I'm not sure why the very pro-Israel policy of the US outside of saying domestic politics is a very big reason, there is a strong political pressure to back Israel right or wrong based on a lot of believers in Christian doomsday theories. I'm saying it doesn't make a lot of sense given that mostly anything else can easily be explained by business but the addition of the "Zionist State" was a divide and conquer ploy from Sykes-Picot.
Either way, it is obvious we create a lot of enemies of the US simply based on what we do, for who, etc. I'm getting off the subject but anyone considered enemy of the state or the other state, depends on which state are the called the terrorists but the state is never called the terrorists. House of Saud -- you should see Wahabbi-Ottoman Wars, Egypt-Wahabbi wars -- in every sense of the word as it is used today they were the original ISIS leaving behind a trail of blood and beheadings who were backed as part of divide & conquer ploy as well by the Sykes-Picot as well but now that they are state no one calls them terrorists when they are bombing a religious minority in Yemen. Yet, if Saudi Arabia is attacked by anyone they are terrorists. Sorry as I say a lot to try to make a point that often is misunderstood but doing my best to answer your question.
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