Female Palestinian Terrorists: The Role of the Intifada Period and the Terrorism Context

מאת: Sela-Shayovitz R., Dayan H.
פורסם ב: Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
תיאור: Palestinian women have played an increasingly active role in terrorist activities in the past two decades as part of theIsraeli–Palestinian conflict. The present study aims to examine differences in the characteristics of female Palestinian terrorists and in the patterns of their terrorist activity between the Second Intifada and the Third Intifada. Furthermore, a comparative analysis of male Palestinian terrorist activity between the two Intifada periods was conducted in order to explore whether trends in female terrorist activity were unique to women or reflected global trends. Data are based on 171 female and male Palestinians that carried out terrorist activities. The findings show that age, terrorist method and organizational affiliation correlate significantly with the Intifada period. Significant differences were not found in the main motive for female terrorist activity. The analysis shows that overall trends of Palestinian female terrorist characteristics and their involvement in terrorism were similar to those of male terrorists. Moreover, during the Third Intifada female terrorists mainly acted alone, reflecting the current growing global trend of lone-actor terrorists. © 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
SDGs : SDG 16  |  יחידות: משפטים  | מועד: 2021 |  קישור