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"In this expose of the political and cultural forces now pressing Palestinian women into martyrdom, investigative journalist Victor identifies what she calls "a new level of cynicism" that has destroyed normal, everyday existence in the Middle East, along with the possibility for lasting peace. Tracing the roots of the women's resistance movement back to so-called personal initiative attacks and a brief period of empowerment in the 1980s before religious leaders clamped down, Victor shows how the current generation of Palestinian women has been courted and cajoled into committing these self-destructive and murderous acts."
"By presenting the intimate personal history of the first five female bombers who have succeeded in blowing themselves up, as well as the troubling stories of some of those who've tried and failed, the author reveals not only the crushing poverty and religious zealotry that one might suspect as motivating factors in their fall, but also a startling emotional component to their death wishes: their broken dreams and blighted inner lives. Victor shows, without dismissing or diminishing the horror of their actions, how far a person can be pushed when she is convinced she has nothing to lose."--Jacket.
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Mujeres árabes-palestinas, Arab-Israeli conflict, 1993-, Arab-Israeli conflict, Mujeres terroristas suicidas, Women, Palestinian Arab, Conflicto árabe-israelí, Palestinian Arab Women, Suicide bombings, Women suicide bombers, Atentados suicidas con explosivos, Självmordsbombningar, Selbstmordattentat, Självmordsbombare, Besetzte Gebiete, Kvinnliga självmordsbombare, Palestinafrågan, Palästinenserin, Intifadan, Terrorism, Bombings, Terrorists, Palestinian arabs, Women, arab countriesPlaces
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Army of Roses: Inside the World of Palestinian Women Suicide Bombers
October 10, 2003, Rodale Books
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157954830X 9781579548308
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"ON DECEMBER 11, 1978, after twenty years of almost passive resignation, the Palestinian population took action to end Israeli occupation."
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