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Author: Tamara Elashvili

Tamara Elashvili is a researcher at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. She is currently studying for her master's degree at Hebrew University in International Relations: Security and Diplomacy.
Breakdown: The Stabbers and the Message that Motivates Them

Breakdown: The Stabbers and the Message that Motivates Them

February 29, 2016 | Compiled by Tamara Elashvili
The First Knife Appears Many point to Muhannad Shafiq Halabi as the first stabber in the Old City of Jerusalem on October 3, 2015, the first inspiration to the many terrorists to stab their victims to death. However, the first signs of the current “habba” [buzz] started to emerge in Hebron. On September 22, 2015, […]
Appendix: Profiles of the Perpetrators(September 13, 2015 – January 18, 2016)

Appendix: Profiles of the Perpetrators
(September 13, 2015 – January 18, 2016)

February 29, 2016 | Tamara Elashvili
Sep. 13, 2015, Stones thrown at Israeli vehicle in Armon Hanatziv, Jerusalem, killing the driver Abd Mahmoud Abd Rabbo Dawiyat, 19, from Sur Bahr, east Jerusalem Affiliation: Unknown. During interrogation he claimed he had gone to carry out the attack wrapped in a Hamas flag. He claimed he got it when he participated in the […]