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Rapoport received his Ph.D. at University of California, Berkeley in 1960. In 1962 he joined the UCLA political science department. In the late 1960s he became interested in terrorism and in 1969 taught the first terrorist course in the U.S. [1] In 1989, he established the journal Terrorism and Political Violence and is its chief editor., [1] credited as “one of two journals which has made ...
Scholars of political science and terrorism studies have characterized the hijacking as a new era of terrorism as the first aviation attack motivated by political aims. [5] [6] According to David C. Rapoport, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the modern wave of left-wing terrorism began with the hijacking of the El Al Flight 426 in the ...
Terrorism and Political Violence is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering terrorism and counter-terrorism published by Routledge. It was established in 1989 by David C. Rapoport ( University of California, Los Angeles ), who remains editor-in-chief .
U.S. President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy said on Wednesday he would be part of a team of "outside overseers" deployed in and along the Gaza Strip to ensure safety following a ceasefire ...
Rapoport proposed three case studies to demonstrate "ancient lineage" of religious terrorism, which he called "sacred terror": the "Thugs", the Assassins and the Jewish Sicarii Zealots. Rapoport argued religious terrorism has been ongoing since ancient times and that "there are signs that it is reviving in new and unusual forms".
Sectarian bombings are often the attacks with the most catastrophic consequences. At the end of April, a deadly raid by Iraqi security forces on a Sunni protest encampment triggered a new wave of violence. The Huffington Post mapped the major bombings in Iraq since violence intensified this past spring through Dec. 16, recording the deaths of ...
A bust of John F. Kennedy is seen inside the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on February 3, 2024. - Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images
A U.S. judge on Wednesday sentenced four family members to life in prison for convictions stemming from a federal terrorism and kidnapping case that began in 2017 with the search for a toddler who ...