חשיפה: המידע שנאסר לפרסום בישראל, מתוך סרטון הווידאו של חמאס על המבצע הכושל בעזה Hamas released a six-minute video filled with operational details of November's failed IDF commando raid which resulted in the death of Sayeret Matkal commander, Lt. Col. Mahmoud Kheireddine, Hamas commander Nour Baraka, and nearly twenty other militants under the … [Read more...]
Dysfunctional Israeli Military Censor Permits One Media Outlet to Identify IAF Pilot and Prohibits Another
פאשלה של הצנזורה הצבאית מאפשרת את זיהויו של נווט הקרב הישראלי הראשון ממוצא אתיופי Recently, the IAF graduated its first Ethiopian pilot (see English story) from the officer training course. Of course, in order to protect these future war criminals from prosecution, it shields their identity in the media. So we only know him as Lt. Y. You'd think the … [Read more...]
Israeli Commando Operation Exploited Gaza Humanitarian Relief NGO as Front
דיווח: שלטונות ישראל סירבו לתת אישור בנייה לסגן מפקד סיירת מטכ"ל, סא"ל מחמוד ח'יר א-דין, לפני שנהרג בפעולה הכושלת בעזה NOTE: This post is a comprehensive one which I'd hoped to publish either at The Nation or Jacobin Magazine. Neither one accepted it for publication, so their loss is your gain. You get the benefit of reading newly-reported … [Read more...]
IDF Chief of Staff: Iran Hasn’t Engaged in First-Strike in 1,400 Years
Last spring, in an interview with Yediot Achronot, IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot offered a frank appraisal of all the major military theaters of operation and threats posed to Israel's security. Among the subjects covered was Iran. Some time before the interview, the army had conducted a simulated war game in which the end result was that Iran rained … [Read more...]
