Journal article
The Second Intifada: A Dual Strategy Arena
Archives européennes de sociologie. European journal of sociology, v 57(1)
01 Apr 2016
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Abstract
Dominant theories fail to explain the use of terror during the Second Palestinian Intifada. Notably, they fail to explain Hamas's abandonment of suicide attacks by 2005. We classified the universe of fatalities on both sides and examined the conflict's patterns of lethal violence. Our analysis of fatality ratios and rates of change by fatality category supports a dual-arena theory of terror. Noting a rapid increase of indiscriminate Israeli civilian deaths and a relative evening out within this category in the conflict's initial phase, we demonstrate that externally Hamas aimed to improve the balance of forces to compel Israel to negotiate on equal terms using the out-suffering mechanism. Internally, Hamas used terror to build confrontational capacity by attracting Palestinian factions to a resistance pole and isolating conciliatory elites. When their continued deployment became too costly relative to emerging options, the campaign was swiftly called off. In the end, while based on strategic calculations, Hamas's use of terror proved to be a failure.
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- Title
- The Second Intifada: A Dual Strategy Arena
- Creators
- Nada Matta - Drexel University, Global Studies and Modern LanguagesRene Rojas - NYU, New York, NY 10003 USA
- Publication Details
- Archives européennes de sociologie. European journal of sociology, v 57(1)
- Publisher
- Cambridge Univ Press
- Number of pages
- 49
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Global Studies and Modern Languages
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000374172800003
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84962901021
- Other Identifier
- 991021862913504721
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