PALESTINIAN TERRORISM - VIOLENCE, VERBAL STRATEGY, AND LEGITIMACY (FROM INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM - NATIONAL, REGIONAL, AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES, 1976 BY YONAH ALEXANDER - SEE NCJ-31881)

• NCJ Number: 31887
• Author(s): E WEISBAND; D ROGULY
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 62 pages
• Corporate Author: Praeger Publishers
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

ANALYSIS OF THE SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND HISTORICAL FACTORS IN THE ORIGIN, COMPOSITION, IDEOLOGY, AND METHODS OF PALESTINIAN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.

Abstract

THE PAPER ANALYZES MAJOR ACTS OF VIOLENCE COMMITTED BY THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND TRACES THE HISTORY OF CHANGES IN THEIR TACTICS AND STRATEGY. THE PAPER FOCUSES ON THE WAYS IN WHICH TERRORISTS JUSTIFY THEIR ACTIONS. VIOLENCE IN ORDER TO BE TERRORISM MUST BE POLITICAL. SINCE TERRORIST VIOLENCE TRIES TO CREATE THE FRAMEWORK FOR POLITICAL INTERACTIONS, TERRORISTS ARE FORCED TO LOCATE THEIR ACTIONS IN SOME POLITICAL OR MORAL CONTEXT. TO DO THIS, THEY ADOPT CERTAIN VERBAL STRATEGIES THAT ANNOUNCE HOW THEIR ACTIONS SHOULD BE INTERPRETED. VERBAL STRATEGIES HELP TO CREATE A TERRORIST'S REPUTATION FOR BEHAVIOR AND EXPLAIN THE GOALS HE IS SEEKING. THEY ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE A NORMATIVE CONTEXT FOR ACTION BY, IN WHATEVER WAY POSSIBLE, ENDOWING THE BRUTALITY OF TERRORISM WITH SOCIAL MEANING. (SNI ABSTRACTS)