REPORTS AND DATA SOURCES, POLITICAL VIOLENCE

Rocket Threat to Israel: Palestinian Rocket & Mortar Attacks

Jewish Virtual Library (2009 - 2014)
List of Palestinian rocket attacks against Israel. Includes dates, locations, descriptions, and information about the perpetrators (if known) of each attack. Also provides information on the types of rockets used and their capabilities. Read More >

Terrorism Against Israel: Comprehensive Listing of Fatalities

Jewish Virtual Library (1993 - 2013)
List of Israeli fatalities from Palestinian terrorist attacks in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza. Includes dates, locations, and names of victims, as well as descriptions of the circumstances and perpetrators of each attack. Read More > | See also: Attacks Against Israeli Representatives Abroad (1969 - Present) >

Backgrounder: Hamas

Council on Foreign Relations (November 2012)
Features basic information about Hamas, including its origins, beliefs, leaders, operations, terrorist attacks, goals, and perception among Palestinians. Read More >

Hamas: Ideological Rigidity and Political Flexibility

Paul Scham and Osama Abu-Irshaid / United States Institute of Peace (June 2009)
Analysis of Hamas' behavior from the understanding that shari'a provides the basis for the political actions that Hamas can and cannot take. Concludes that Hamas has undergone changes to the point where the group is now ready to explore arrangements that will allow it and Israel to coexist without episodic violence. PDF >

Collective Palestinian Frustration and Suicide Bombings

Third World Quarterly (2003)
Study proposing that Islamic militancy, poverty, youth and personality patterns contribute to the explanation of support for Palestinian suicide bombings, as well as proneness to participate in them. PDF >

Erased In A Moment Suicide Bombing Attacks Against Israeli Civilians

Human Rights Watch (October 2002)
Examination of the nature and consequences the human toll of the suicide bombings and other attacks on civilians, reviews the relevant international humanitarian law standards and the obligations they impose, and describes the nature, structure, and objectives of the Palestinian armed groups that have carried out these attacks. Also looks at the role of the Palestinian Authority, including Yasir Arafat. PDF >

Mitchell Report of the "Al-Aqsa Intifada"

ICPRI (May 20, 2001)
Investigation of the possible causes of the al-Aqsa Intifada, demonstrations between unarmed Palestinian civilians and Israeli police on the same day of Ariel Sharon's visit to Haram al Sharif/Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Gives recommendations to end the violence, rebuild confidence through the prevention of terrorism and the freeze of settlement activity, and eventually resume negotiations.  Read More >

Fatalities in the first Intifada

B'Tselem (2000)
Lists of Israelis and Palestinians killed between 1987 and 2000. Includes Israelis and Palestinians killed in the Occupied Territories and well as those killed within the Green Line. Read More >