The London-based Arab daily, Asharq Alawsat, examined the situations of 15 Palestinian suicide bombers and concluded that poverty wasn’t an issue for any of them:
Interesting results of the research showed that economic hardship was not the motive behind most suicide bombers as the majority of the bombers belonged to relatively affluent families. Some of the bombers however did suffer financially. The majority of those who carried out such attacks were pursuing higher education and came from stable families. This indicates that it is difficult to link poverty and suicide-operations, as reality is far more complex.
How about a more obvious explanation, like Palestinian incitement?
(Hat tip: Daily Alert)
