CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE AGE OF TERRORISM

             The era of modern terrorism began in 1968 with the hijacking of an
             airliner flying from Rome to Tel Aviv (Dershowitz). The distinguishing
             between earlier criminal aviation hijackings and the pattern of terrorist
             hijackings is that prior to 1968, the motive was either to divert the
             ransom it for money. Modern terrorists learned very quickly that their
             reached more easily through terrorism than through peaceful negotiation if
             abiding community at large is unprepared to respond decisively. Terrorism
             particularly successful when elements of the government are sympathetic to
             objectives, since it can provides a perfect excuse to make concessions that
             The psychology of terrorism is simple enough, it is the same
             behind old-fashioned kidnapping: the idea is if you want to coerce someone
             effectively, just threaten to do something that he fears worse than the
             your demands. Terrorism is much easier to employ successfully in societies
             that incorporate a concern with civil rights, and comparatively more
             societies that are not particularly preoccupied with civil rights issues.
             instances where terrorism is employed purely for vengeance, the goal of
             universally the same: to bring greater attention to one's cause than
             non-violent political discourse. Anecdotal evidence from the former Soviet
             suggests that the most effective way to eliminate terrorism is to adopt
             responses and to extract information through any means deemed necessary.
             is that more ruthless societies are better protected against terrorism than
             where human rights are widely respected and protected.
             In Why Terrorism Works, Alan Dershowitz provides a convincing
             into the effectiveness of terrorism once it is allowed to achieve any
             graphing the long history of Palestinian terrorism against Israel and the
             world for the purpose of calling attention to their political aims. He
             instance of terrorism by the PLOâ€...

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