Driven by fear? Commuting and Fear of Terrorism in the West Bank
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https://doi.org/10.64166/kjpgmz60Keywords:
Perceived Safety, Fear of Terrorism, Commuting, West Bank, SettlersAbstract
This study examines perceived safety of individuals driving through politically contested territories. Using on-line surveys, residents of Israeli settlements in the West-Bank were asked to report on their perceived safety from terrorism while commuting. The research identified and controlled for three sets of variables, namely, personal, environmental and situational. The results show that while level of perceived safety from terrorism among driving settlers is high, it is affected by gender, by the situational setting as well as by environmental factors such as proximity to Jewish localities and road openness and curvedness.
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