Gaining media recognition, though still a paramount goal of guerrilla factions, is a tributary aim in that it is a stepping stone on the way to accomplishing superior objectives. Terrorists exploit “propaganda by the deed” and recognise that intercontinental activities will secure extreme media revelation. Initially, the PLO restricted their attacks to civil and Zionist institutions however, in order to ‘enlighten western civic opinion’ it became indispensable to alter their target to civilians both within and outside of Israel. Bruce Hoffman, one of the most prominent academics working in the field of terrorism, gives light to the efforts of the PLO as a manifestation of terrorism’s efficacy as a political tactic and places a substantial prominence on the internationalisation of their turmoil. …show more content…
The Munich events of 1972 was an unabridged event that was diffused live and therefore considered to have been a ‘strategic success’ for the Palestinians regarding drawing attention to their plight, a source that the Western world were no longer able to disregard. As Scholar John K Cooley articulates the Munich Olympics Games saw the unmitigated attention journalists and television reporters who were refocused on Palestine and the Palestinian