The 1984 conference framed terrorism as state-sponsored by Soviet Union and Iran

Evidence

This changed at the second International Conference on Terrorism (ICT), held in 1984 in Washington, DC. During his opening remarks, Netanyahu stated that “modern terrorism has its roots in two movements that have assumed international prominence in the second half of the twentieth century, communist totalitarianism and Islamic (and Arab) radicalism.” By this stage, Iran had come to be a thorn in Israel’s side with its support for Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Arab radicalism was bracketed while Islamism took center stage. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 397 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The 1984 conference shifted the enemy label from Arabs to state-backed Islamism; Islam shifted to the center of anti-terrorism discourse by 1984 — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 397; The Arab and Islamic terrorist archetype originated from the neocon-Likud alliance after 1979 — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 473 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• The 1984 conference shifted the enemy label from Arabs to state-backed Islamism #exemplifies (0.95)
• Islam shifted to the center of anti-terrorism discourse by 1984 #expands (0.90) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 397
• The Islamic-terror enemy replaced the Soviet Union as an archnemesis. #exemplifies (0.85)
• Neocons replaced the Soviet enemy with an Islamic civilizational threat #exemplifies (0.85)
• The Arab and Islamic terrorist archetype originated from the neocon-Likud alliance after 1979 #complicates (0.80) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 473
• Neoconservatives and Israel pushed Islamism as the post-Soviet enemy #qualifies (0.80)
• The Iranian revolution and Soviet invasion of Afghanistan triggered the Carter Doctrine #expands (0.75) — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 98