In: LSE International Studies Series
In: LSE International Studies Ser.
This book analyses the root causes of suicide terrorism at both the elite and rank-and- file levels of the Hamas and also explains why this tactic has disappeared in the post-2006 period.This volume adopts a multi-causal, multi-level approach to analyse the use of suicide bombings by Hamas and its individual operatives in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It uses extensive fieldwork and on-the-ground interviews in order to delve beneath the surface and understand why and how suicide operations were adopted as a sustained mechanism of engagement within the Israeli-Palestinian c
In: LSE international studies
In: LSE international studies
1. Introductory remarks -- 2. Rationality, nationalism and political Islam -- 3. A brief political history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict -- 4. Rationality and the convergence of expressive and instrumental violence -- 5. Palestinian nationalism, identity and the norm of militant heroic martyrdom -- 6. Political Islam and the rhetoric of jihad and martyrdom -- 7. Concluding remarks.
In: LSE international studies
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