Evolution of Suicide Attacks

Pedahzur, Ami; Martin, Susanne

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“…In 1994, Hamas began a new wave of terrorist attacks that dealt a serious blow to the Oslo process (Hoffman, 2006, pp. 149–51; Pedahzur, 2005, pp. 60–61).…”

Section: The Early Years Of Hamas and The Background For Its Leaders’...mentioning

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“…The first suicide bombing, on April 16, 1993, near the Jewish settlement of Meholah in the Jordan Valley, was not successful from the Hamas perspective (the bomber accidentally killed another Palestinian in addition to himself, but no Jews). Nevertheless, it confounded the Israeli leadership, which had hoped that the Palestinians would not adopt the model of suicide bombings employed by Hezbollah in Lebanon (Pedahzur, 2005, p. 55). The bomber, Sāhir al‐Tamām from Nablus, was eulogized in a poem that bears his name.…”

Section: The Early Implementation Of the Oslo Accords: The Suicide Bo...mentioning

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The Hamas war against Israel as reflected in the poetry written by its leaders during the First Intifada and the early years of implementation of the Oslo Accords

Ben‐Dror

2023

Digest Mid East Studies

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This article looks at Hamas's war against Israel through the lens of the poetry written by leading members of Hamas during the period 1987–1996 (from the founding of the organization through the early stages of the implementation of the Oslo Accords). Poetry is one of the means employed by Hamas to convey its political, social, and religious messages and ideology, which links its Islamic outlook with Palestinian nationalism. During the years covered by the article, dozens of the organization's senior members expressed themselves in this genre. The article looks at ten poets who were affiliated with Hamas leadership circles and were intensively engaged in writing poetry in those years. It describes the background to this activity, extracts the main messages and motifs presented in their verse, and examines the goals served by this lyrical composition in the organization's war against Israel.

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“…In 1994, Hamas began a new wave of terrorist attacks that dealt a serious blow to the Oslo process (Hoffman, 2006, pp. 149–51; Pedahzur, 2005, pp. 60–61).…”

Section: The Early Years Of Hamas and The Background For Its Leaders’...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Early Implementation Of the Oslo Accords: The Suicide Bo...mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Hamas war against Israel as reflected in the poetry written by its leaders during the First Intifada and the early years of implementation of the Oslo Accords

Ben‐Dror

2023

Digest Mid East Studies

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“…The individual level is where the best analysis about the motivations of militants involved in orchestrating suicide terrorism. The relevance of individual decision in suicide terrorism is linked to the same reason why war exists, because whereas some individuals have resorted violent confrontations in the face of challenges, some others rather opt for nonviolent approach to problems (Pedahzur, 2005). Thus, Waltz (1982) blames the causes of war on the nature and behaviour of man.…”

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Dying with the enemy: Interrogating the roles of religion in social support for suicide terrorism

UNACHUKWU Ugochukwu Vitus

2023

World J. Adv. Res. Rev.

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Suicide terrorism seemingly employed to settled conflicts between the Shiite and the Sunnis, mixed with the Salafis ideology of violence is also seen used for demand for State of Islam, national liberation, and propagation against democracies, mis-governance, and secularism amongst others. Terror cells groups could be seen aggravating suicide terrorism by substituting suicide for martyrdom. It was against this background that this study engage religious belief hypothesis to interrogate the roles of religion in garnering social support for suicide terrorism. The study decomposes roles of religion in suicide terrorism into crises between the Shiites and the Sunnis, substitution of suicide with martyrdom. The study employed desktop research design with reliance historical and secondary data from extant literature. The study concludes that the manipulation of the religious injunctions, extremist interpretation of religious teachings, as well as advancement of religion facade for economic gains stronger motivation for people who support suicide terrorism. Finding from the study showed that there would be no successful suicide terror campaign without the support of the society where the suicide terrorists reside and whose interest they claim to be defending. The study recommends that distorted ideology driven by religion can only be countered by respected Islamic clerics and leaders, especially from the Arab world with covert Western support to circumvent the perverted narrative of martyrdom as sacrifice for the good of the land, people or God, and rather brand it as common suicide and an honourless venture.

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“…Secondly, terrorism is a social control because it “defines and responds to deviant behaviour” and the social control of terrorism is not similar to that of conventional crime because of its association with “a collectivity, such as a particular nationality, race, religion, ethnicity or political party” (Black, 2004, p. 10). Thirdly, the social control of terrorism is not similar to that of conventional warfare because terrorism is more like asymmetric warfare (Pedahzur and Martin, 2017). Merari (1993) argues that the asymmetries arise from the differences between conventional warfare and terrorism in terms of unit size in battle, weapons used, tactics, targets, intended impact, control of territory, use of uniform, recognition of war zones and domestic, as well as international legality.…”

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The preferred type of financial intelligence for early detection of terrorist financing activities

Gowhor

2021

JMLC

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Purpose This paper aims to inform the readers about the preferred type of financial intelligence for early detection of terrorist financing activities. Design/methodology/approach Literature review methodology was adopted to find the existing approaches of financial intelligence and logical reasoning was applied to sort out what type of financial intelligence is more preferable for early detection of terrorist financing activities. Findings It was found that proactive financial intelligence executed through financial intelligence tools is the most preferred type of financial intelligence for early detection of terrorist financing activities. Research limitations/implications The research will pave the way for further research on how to design financial intelligence tools for the early detection of terrorist financing activities. Practical implications The financial intelligence units will use the preferred type of financial intelligence for the early detection of terrorist financing activities. Social implications It will help to establish peace in the society by thwarting terrorist conspiracies because early detection of terrorist financing through financial intelligence tools will stop the flow of funds to and from terrorists. Originality/value The originality of the paper lies in distinguishing proactive financial intelligence from reactive financial intelligence.

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Evolution of Suicide Attacks

Cited by 4 publications

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The Hamas war against Israel as reflected in the poetry written by its leaders during the First Intifada and the early years of implementation of the Oslo Accords

The Hamas war against Israel as reflected in the poetry written by its leaders during the First Intifada and the early years of implementation of the Oslo Accords

Dying with the enemy: Interrogating the roles of religion in social support for suicide terrorism

The preferred type of financial intelligence for early detection of terrorist financing activities

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