Terror and abductions : western vulnerability and dilemma
Defining terror
Defining abduction
Abductions : an "act of war" or a "criminal act"?
State intervention in abduction and bargaining incidents
Abductions in the Palestinian arena and the Nachshon Wachsman affair
Abductions and bargaining incidents in the Israeli/Palestinian confrontation
The Hamas movement : ideological, operational, characteristics
Abductions and attempted abductions by the Hamas
The abduction and killing of Nachshon Wachsman
The main characteristics of Hamas abductions
The Hizballah and abductions in the Lebanese arena
Iran and its use of terror
Exporting the Iranian revolution
Iranian intelligence and terror agencies
The Iranian terror system
The Hizballah Organization
Links between Iran and the Hamas
Hizballah abductions against Israel
Israel's policy regarding captives and hostages
The abduction of foreign hostages in Lebanon
Imad Muraniya and the attack mechanism
The kidnapping of foreign nationals
Abductions in the Iraqi arena
Hostage-taking and decapitations, 2003-2005
The Islamic tradition of decapitation
Justification through religious doctrine
Abductions in Yemen
Yemen and Islamic terror
The abduction of foreign residents
The arrest of the "British" terror network in Yemen (December 23, 1998)
The confrontation arenas, western governments' policy, and crimes against humanity by offending states and organizations
The Israeli-Palestinian confrontation arena
The Lebanese arena
Yemen
The Iraqi arena
Points of emphasis and lessons to be drawn
Epilogue : abduction of Israeli soldiers and civilians (June and July 2006)
The Hamas government, Abu Mazen and kidnapping
Abductions by Hizballah in the Zar'it sector
Conclusions : different patterns of terror events and changes in Israel's response.