Catalysts for the genesis of the JTO were fundamentalist ideologies, social attributes of the national-religious organization, and the frustrations associated with Israel's occupation of captured Arab territories. Circumstances grounded in different ideologies, social conditions, and political environments preceded the eruption of JTO terrorist acts. Ideologically, religious nationalism had lost ground; socially, the links bonding the religious-national organization had been partly dismembered; and politically, the Jewish-Arab confrontation in the territories had escalated. The JTO members, some of whom are in prison, have ceased their terrorism. This has occurred not only because of the conviction and imprisonment of some JTO members, but because JTO activities have been widely condemned by the Israeli public and authorities. The social bonds between JTO members and mainstream Israeli society, however, have been maintained, and this has helped increase in influence of normative values over JTO behavior. 53 notes.