How Hizballah Created a New Form of Warfare
The birth of the terror selfie.
January 7, 2016
How Hizballah Created a New Form of Warfare
The birth of the terror selfie.
In 1994, attacking an IDF outpost in the Israeli buffer zone in southern Lebanon, Hizballah brought along a video camera. When some of the Israeli sentries fled, a Hizballah fighter planted a flag where their positions had been, resulting in a brief film of what appeared to be the successful overrunning of an Israeli base. Matti Friedman identifies this incident as the beginning of a new kind of media-savvy warfare that would later be imitated by Fatah, Hamas, and Islamic State:
January 7, 2016
Yes, Iran’s Ballistic Missiles Are a Problem
The U.S. was wrong to let them go unpunished.
The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, with Nazi Encouragement, Made Anti-Semitism Part of Islamism
He didn’t have much influence on Hitler, but he had plenty on the Muslim Brotherhood.
Can a Documentary Capture a Poet’s Career?
The enigma of Avraham Ḥalfi.
Religion Is Unlikely to Go Away Anytime Soon
Although its demise has been predicted for over 200 years.