 13.05.2007 Gender, Palestinian Women, and Terrorism: Women’s Liberation or Oppression?
Anat Berko and Edna Erez
The study examines the hypothesis that Palestinian women’s involvement in terrorism indicates women’s liberation. The data are derived from indepth interviews with fourteen women who were detained or incarcerated in Israeli prisons for security offenses. The interviews shed light on the women’s pathways to terrorism, the roles that they play in terrorist activity, and the aftermath of their security offenses within Palestinian society and culture. The study underlines the “no return” option and “no win” situation that Palestinian women who embark on terrorist activities encounter.
This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of Taylor & Francis for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, Volume 30 Issue 6, June 2007. |
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26.02.2006 "Ordinary People" and "Death Work" - Palestinian Suicide Bombers as Victimizers and Victims
Anat Berko and Edna Erez
Applying criminological / victimological concepts and theories, the study addresses the social process involved in Palestinian's suicide terrorism and describes Palestinian's pathways to suicide bombing. The data are derived from in-depth interviews of seven male and female Palestinians serving prison sentences in Israel for attempted suicide bombing. The social background, context, and experiences of the interviewees, including their recruitment, interactions with the organziations atht produce suicide bombing, the tangible and intangible incentives and rewards that motivated them to become suicide bombers, their preparation for the mission, and the strategies employed by the organizations to sustain recruits' resolve to conform to the plan are described and analyzed. The implication of the findings for the theory and public policy are drawn and discussed. |
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01.12.2005 Legal and Policy Issues in Establishing an International Framework for Human Rights Compliance When Countering Terrorism
Boaz Ganor and Alex Conte
The relationship between terrorism and human rights is a matter that has been reflected upon by the United Nations General Assembly and Commission on Human Rights, and to a more limited extent by the UN Security Council, well before the events of September 11, 2001. Consideration had also been given to the potentially negative impact of counter-terrorism upon human rights. Since 9/11, with events such as the establishment of the detention camp in Guantanamo Bay and the proliferation of security and counter-terrorist legislation throughout the world, a considerable amount of attention has been paid to the issue of the extent to which counter-terrorism impacts upon human rights. |
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01.07.2005 Counter Terror Warfare: The Judicial Front
Jonathan Adiri
On January 20th, in a ruling seen as a sharp blow to coordinated counterterrorism efforts in Europe, Germany's highest court has refused to turn over to Spain a Mamoun Darkazanli, a 46-year-old German of Syrian origin suspected in Spain and by many independent experts on terrorism of having provided logistical and financial support to Al Qaeda. The court argued that a recent European agreement to streamline extradition procedures violated the rights of German citizens.
The following article argues that the global legislative revision that followed the 9/11 terror attacks, aimed at improving global counter terror capabilities, is futile, unless followed by a parallel process in terms of judicial review.
The article presents the reader with a global comparative data of the legislative response to 9/11, setting the basis for a theoretical discussion of the court’s position in the political counter terror sphere. The author then continues to unfold the Israeli case of the
High Court of Justice, arguing it to set a proper example for a legal system which is resilient enough to ease the ‘democratic dilemma’ of counter terror, faced by decision makers. The analysis of the Israeli case study is based on a quantitative research, including all counter terror related pleas presented to the HCJ. The article Concludes with several ‘ground rules’ for the evolution of such interaction between the legal and the counter terror (political) spheres. |
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Defining Terrorism - Is One Man’s Terrorist Another Man’s Freedom Fighter?
Dr. Boaz Ganor
The statement, “One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter,” has become not only a cliché, but also one of the most difficult obstacles in coping with terrorism. The matter of definition and conceptualization is usually a purely theoretical issue—a mechanism for scholars to work out the appropriate set of parameters for the research they intend to undertake. However, when dealing with terrorism and guerrilla warfare, implications of defining our terms tend to transcend the boundaries of theoretical discussions. In the struggle against terrorism, the problem of definition is a crucial element in the attempt to coordinate international collaboration, based on the currently accepted rules of traditional warefare. |
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