This paper examines the phenomenon of Palestinian Istishhadia, the term used by Palestinians to describe suicide bombings, and is based on personal interviews with imprisoned Palestinian surviving suicide bombers and their dispatchers from various organizations between 1993 and 2006. This neither linear nor static phenomenon is divisible into two main periods. The first period spans from April 1993 to March 2000 and the second from October 2000 to June 2006. In addition to examining the principal methods of both periods, this paper analyzes organizational distinctions in the planning and management of suicide bombings as well as the motives that led individuals and organizations to choose these methods. In spite of the fact that many in the Palestinian leadership realized that the suicide weapon was a double-edged sword, suicide operations are still being launched. However, their numbers have lessened greatly due to Israel's effective counter terrorism policy and Palestinian indigenous political considerations.