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Title: | "Education May Be Key To Extremist Actions" | |||
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| Name: | Yishai Kohen | | |||
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| City: | YeShA, Israel | State: | | ||
| Alan Kreuger of Princeton University and Jitka Maleckova of Charles University in Prague, examined the jobs, educational level and family circumstances of 129 Hizbullah militants killed in operations against Israel in the past 20 years. As the graphic shows, compared with the Lebanese population as a whole, Hizbullah members were less likely to come from poor families and were significantly more likely to have completed secondary education. A similar pattern holds for Palestinian suicide bombers. Though the data are less extensive, the authors found a positive link between taking part in "terrorism" and educational attainment. ... violence seems to have increased when local economic conditions were getting better. The latest intifada began when economic optimism among Palestinians was rising and after a period during which education levels among young Palestinians had risen remarkably. http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,764837,00.html |
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