Citation

Merari A, Fighel J, Ganor B, Lavie E, Tzoreff Y, Livne A. Terrorism Polit. Violence 2010; 22(1): 102-119.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/09546550903409403

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Knowledge about the ways in which suicide attacks are recruited and prepared and on the motivation of suicide bombers and the factors that influence the decisions of organizers of suicide attacks has so far been sketchy and sporadic, derived mostly from media sources. In this study, 15 Palestinian would-be suicides and 14 organizers of suicide attacks participated in semi-structured interviews designed to fill this lacuna. The paper focuses on the self-reported feelings and behavior of the suicide bombers from recruitment to dispatching, as well as on the organizers' self-reported views and decisions concerning suicide attacks.