Nasser Abufarha is the author of “The Making of a Human Bomb. ” In this book the writer, Nasser Abufarha attempts to look at the phenomena of suicidal terrorism of Palestinians through the eyes of the committer and the society occurring in the Palestinian west bank around the north part of Jenin conquered by the Israeli. The book mainly focuses on the anthropological perspective that shows the connection between culture and violence, which is an important indicator of the Palestinian society as proven by the violent Fatah-Hamas conflict. The author of the book manages to interview militants from more than one armed group. They were interviewed in order to clarify and discuss the suicidal explosions they commit or “(Istishhad) operations” since it is a very common element of resistance in Arab world. It is important to state …show more content…
Both terms refer to one thing, which is the “martyrdom operations” that are done to give themselves the opportunity to die and live a better life in the hereafter. Their goal isn’t to kill Israelis or having an independent state. Abufarha states “ deep love of life in conditions that deny life drives people to the extent of death to seek a good life worthy of living, such as that of the idealized martyr”(p.164) Also, there are other self-sacrificers within the Palestinian society that are seen as the fighters capable to oppose and challenge the enemy since the Israeli feared those who commit suicidal operations for a cause (Feda’eyeen). They were seen from a palestanian prespective as the heros, shahid or martyr weather armed or not. Unlike the way the western media portray them. The author mentions cases from known Palestinian protests slogans, literature and art in which the martyr is considered to have made a desirable sacrifice to his homeland and his people in which he will remain alive in the cultural