The word "terrorism" was used by Malamud himself to describe his own actions, see [1]. The state is quoting him. The title and contents of the NYTimes article a

The word "terrorism" was used by Malamud himself to describe his own actions, see [1]. The state is quoting him. The title and contents of the NYTimes article are misleading on this point. [1] https://museum.media.org/eti/Prologue01.html https://museum.media.org/eti/Prologue01.html