Subscribe to Print Edition | Thu., December 03, 2009 Kislev 16, 5770 | | Israel Time: 15:29 (EST+7)
Haaretz israel news English
  Back to Homepage
Jewish World Haaretz Toolbar
Diplomacy
Defense Opinion National
Print Edition
Car Rental  
Focus U.S.A. Strenger than Fiction Business Travel Magazine Week's End Anglo File Books  
Article search
Enter word or string
Quote search
Enter symbol
or name
name symbol
Quotes & Tools
TA - 100
Nasdaq
Shekel - Dollar
Currency rates
Representative rates Dec. 2
U.S. Dollar3.777
Euro5.698
GB Sterling6.301
Yen (100)4.33
Jordan Dinar5.333
Indices
Last update 15:28-03/12
Dollar 3.77 -0.08%
Euro 5.7 0.51%
TA 100 1033.83 0.94%
Maof 1111.85 0.99%
Tel-Tech 230.65 0.65%
Nasdaq 2185.03 0.42%
Dow 10452.68 -0.18%
In-depth
About Haaretz
Tech Support
Paper in PDF format
Headline Newbox
All Headlines

Share |
From Hizbullah to Israelis, with ahava
18.10.06 | 00:00   By Guy Griml

The Hizbullah organization is stepping up its psychological warfare against Israel. The guerrilla movement has launched a news website in Hebrew, no less, which has attracted quite a bit of attention.


As of writing, actually, the site was down, which often happens to it. Clicking on its address resulted in the message:


This account has been suspended.
Either the domain has been overused, or the reseller ran out of resources.


Possibly Israeli hackers sabotaged it, or as it itself suggests, it can't cope with the traffic.


Anyway, when it's up the site boasts several categories, though the categories, let alone the stories, can be hard to understand: the Hizbullah's command of Hebrew is terrible. For instance, one category is called "amud yesodi" - "fundamental page" by which it presumably means "amud habayit", or home page.


Another category is "hadasha" which probably should be "hadashot" or news. Then there is "Nyarot" - papers? Documents?, "kalandar" (you figure it out), "doh shel dmut" - "report on an image" - people? Profiles?


The category of "Arab press" is crystal clear, and so is "Contact us".


The news items are varied. One for instance reports that Israeli army officers are "failing to complete their missions". Another reports: "Hundreds of Israelis protested in the Holy city against the Occupation".


Other items report a visit by the Palestinian Interior Affairs minister in Syria, or that Palestinian prime minister and Hamas leader Ismail Haniya refuses to recognize the legitimacy of the Israeli occupation.


Throughout the second Lebanon war, the Hizbullah employed several methods of psych-war. For instance, its leader Hassan Nasralleh timed his speeches to prime-time Israeli TV news shows. He also kept threatening that the organization had an arsenal of horrific surprises.


The launch of the Hebrew language website is considered to be the latest Hizbullah move to upset Israelis, though the July-August war is long over.


But the truth is, one can only giggle at the pitiful effort: the language is appalling and rife with spelling (and other) errors, the site is technologically backward - to put it politely. Israel's surfers are unlikely to lose much of their precious sleep.

Bookmark to del.icio.us  
 
Special Offers
Advertisement
Protea Hills
A Retirement Village in Nature Nestled in the Foothills of Jerusalem
Your Aliyah starts here.
Nefesh B'Nefesh Aliyah Workshops and Personal Meetings in your area
Award-Winning 'Obsession'
Watch 'Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West' Online FOR FREE!
The Jerusalem Teen Expedition
Have Fun Seriously
Teen Adventure in Israel
Summer camp 2010
Date Local Jewish Singles
Ready to meet your match? Join Jdate today!
News  | Business  | Editorial  | Editorial & Op-Ed  | Features  | Sports  | Arts & Leisure  | Books  | Letters  | Food & Wine
Travel  | Real Estate  | Cartoon  | Friday Magazine  | Week's End  | Anglo File  | Print Edition  | In-depth  | Archive  | About Haaretz  | Tech Support
© Copyright  Haaretz. All rights reserved