The nature of the definition as a general and substantive definition derives from the syntactic and semantic structure of section 2(a):
The phrase "a person who is a member of a terrorist organization" is not accompanied by a closed list of cumulative conditions or technical tests (such as signing a membership card, receiving a salary, or fulfilling a specific position). Linguistically, the choice of the box "we are a group" is a choice of a general and abstract concept that does not define the ways in which a person becomes part of the minyan, and thus allows the language of the law to spread out a wide network of different types of activity or affiliation.
When we come to interpret the term "member of a terrorist organization", we must take into account the intention of the legislature as it is reflected in the linguistic choice in the box "We are a member". The use that the legislature chose to make of passive language is not accidental, it is intended to define a status of belonging and not just an active act of joining.
In contrast to the defendant's counsel, who argued for the traditional characteristics of membership in civil organizations, I am of the opinion that the legislature's intention was to create a broader network than that that exists in the traditional term 'friend'. While "membership" may be perceived as a bilateral relationship that requires formal approval from the organization, the word "member" focuses on the individual and his relationship to the collective, i.e., the intention reflected in the language of the law is to include any person who sees himself as a regular part of the organization, who accepts the identity of the organization and identifies himself with its ranks.
This is a fundamental definition that places at the center the very existence of a person as "part of the whole" and emphasizes the essential belonging that is intended to prevent a situation in which terrorist operatives will evade criminal responsibility simply because of the lack of a formal registration or a "membership card."