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Jaeger, David A., Klor, Esteban F., Miaari, Sami H. and Paserman, M. Daniele (2015). Can Militants Use Violence to Win Public Support? Evidence from the Second Intifada. J. Confl. Resolut., 59 (3). S. 528 - 550. THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC. ISSN 1552-8766

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Abstract

This article investigates whether attacks against Israeli targets help Palestinian factions gain public support. We link individual-level survey data to the full list of Israeli and Palestinian fatalities during the period of the Second Intifada (2000-2005) and estimate a flexible discrete choice model for faction supported. We find some support for the outbidding hypothesis, the notion that Palestinian factions use violence to gain prestige and influence public opinion within the community. In particular, the two leading Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah, gain in popularity following successful attacks against Israeli targets. Our results suggest, however, that most movement occurs within either the secular groups or the Islamist groups, but not between them. That is, Fatah's gains come at the expense of smaller secular factions, while Hamas's gains come at the expense of smaller Islamic factions and the disaffected. In contrast, attacks by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad lower support for that faction.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Jaeger, David A. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Klor, Esteban F. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Miaari, Sami H. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Paserman, M. Daniele UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-408764
DOI:	10.1177/0022002713516843
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Confl. Resolut.
Volume:	59
Number:	3
Page Range:	S. 528 - 550
Date:	2015
Publisher:	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Place of Publication:	THOUSAND OAKS
ISSN:	1552-8766
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language TERRORISM; CONFLICT; ISRAEL; CYCLE Multiple languages International Relations; Political Science Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/40876