IDF arrests terrorist (illustration)
IDF arrests terrorist (illustration)Nati Shohat/Flash 90

An Israel Security Agency (ISA or Shin Bet) survey published Tuesday blamed the latest wave of Arab terror in Israel on a sense of despair among the Palestinian Arab population.

According to the ISA, while incitement is a major contributor in prompting terrorists to carry out attacks, their motivations lie in a "national, economic, and personal sense of deprivation."

There is no "clear political-organizational framework, coherent conceptual plan of action, or organized leadership" leading the attacks, the ISA said. 

"For some of the terrorists, the attacks allow an escape from a discouraging reality which they perceive cannot be changed."

According to the statistics, 90% of the terrorists are male, with only seven women conducting attacks in the latest terror wave. A full 82% of the terrorists are aged 16-25. 

Palestinian Arabs from Judea-Samaria performed a majority of the attacks with 72% residing in that area. Another 23% of the terrorists are residents of eastern Jerusalem, while only 5% are Arab citizens of Israel. 

The ISA also noted that 62% of the attacks occurred in Judea-Samaria, while the rest were conducted over the 1949 Armistice line. 

The report further adds that "the activity of those Palestinian youths, who are driving the present terror wave, is not organized but rather spontaneous and popular."  

"Its source - incitement and spreading false rumors about an Israeli attempt to harm the Al-Aqsa Mosque, also supply an immediate, religious-symbolist motive, and navigates violent protest and terror in the direction of the State of Israel."