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ID186014
Title ProperAffluent and Well-Educated? Analyzing the Socioeconomic Backgrounds of Fallen Palestinian Islamist Militants
LanguageENG
AuthorSkare, Erik
Summary / Abstract (Note)Existing literature argues that the militants and suicide bombers of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) come from relatively advantaged socioeconomic and educational backgrounds compared to the average Palestinian in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Analyzing 2,448 martyr biographies from Hamas's military wing and PIJ from 1992 to 2012, I argue that these militants reflect Palestinian labor divisions and educational enrollment rates. There is thus little to suggest that Palestinian Islamist militants are recruited from any particular socioeconomic stratum within the wider population. I demonstrate that, instead, kinship and geographic clusters are more significant variables.
`In' analytical NoteMiddle East Journal Vol. 76, No.1; Spring 2022: p. 72-92
Journal SourceMiddle East Journal 2022-03 76, 1
Key WordsSocioeconomic Backgrounds ;  Palestinian Islamist Militants