Khaled Abu Toameh writes for the Jerusalem Post that she may have been forced into the suicide attack as "punishment for cheating on her husband":
On Wednesday, 21-year-old Reem Salah al-Rayashi left her 18-month-old daughter, Doha, and her 3-year-old son, Obedia. According to a Sunday Times report, her husband drove her to Erez Crossing. IDF sources said that the investigation has already revealed that her husband, an activist in the Hamas organization, not only knew about his wife's plans in advance, but even encouraged her to carry out the suicide attack.
Moreover, the person who recruited al-Rayashi to carry out the suicide attack and equipped her with the explosive belt was none other than the lover with whom she cheated on her husband. After the bombing, Raiyshi's family refused to speak to reporters, a rarity in these cases, and did not set up a mourning tent for her. Her brother-in-law, Yousef Awad, said Raiyshi and her husband had a huge argument with the rest of the family two months ago and had not been seen since. He refused to elaborate.
This was the second "shocking" suicide bombing in a relatively short period of time - there was also the case of a confused young man whose failed attempt at a suicide bombing was motivated in part by seeing his brother and cousin killed by the Israeli military. Palestinians have been outraged at these attacks - not in the sense that they question the morality of suicide bombings but, rather, the militants' choice of bombers. One family has lost yet another son while another has lost a young mother, leaving two children as orphans. It is rare that Palestinians would question the actions of extremist groups like this - it isn't always safe for them to do so - but it might cause them to eventually reconsider their tactics and even their goals.
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