One note I’ll add is that similar attacks with vehicles or bladed weapons were used against Israel prior to their adoption by ISIS, though these attacks are not as widely reported by Western media since they don’t happen in Europe or the US; that said, it’s quite possible that ISIS themselves got the idea from Palestinian attackers, especially if the “copycat hypothesis” is true.
Good points!
One note I’ll add is that similar attacks with vehicles or bladed weapons were used against Israel prior to their adoption by ISIS, though these attacks are not as widely reported by Western media since they don’t happen in Europe or the US; that said, it’s quite possible that ISIS themselves got the idea from Palestinian attackers, especially if the “copycat hypothesis” is true.