Official photo of Avichay Adraee, the Arabic-speaking spokesperson for the Israeli army. [Facebook]
His profession is unique in the world: to represent the Israeli army in Arabic, sometimes to polish its image, and often to terrorize its enemies and the civilian populations in its sights. The man shifts from one register to another as one changes shirts. He is dry and precise when communicating about the Israeli army's military developments. He is biting and mocking when he addresses enemy camps or Arab personalities. Throughout the Arab-Muslim world, he is far from being a stranger. In the eyes of the Palestinians, and now the Lebanese for a few weeks, Avichay Adraee has become the quintessential harbinger of misfortune. He is the one that residents of areas targeted by Israel — from the Palestinian enclave to the southern suburbs of Beirut — see appear on their mobile screens to urge them to disassociate themselves from those who...
His profession is unique in the world: to represent the Israeli army in Arabic, sometimes to polish its image, and often to terrorize its enemies and the civilian populations in its sights. The man shifts from one register to another as one changes shirts. He is dry and precise when communicating about the Israeli army's military developments. He is biting and mocking when he addresses enemy camps or Arab personalities. Throughout the Arab-Muslim world, he is far from being a stranger. In the eyes of the Palestinians, and now the Lebanese for a few weeks, Avichay Adraee has become the quintessential harbinger of misfortune. He is the one that residents of areas targeted by Israel — from the Palestinian enclave to the southern suburbs of Beirut — see appear on their mobile screens to urge them to disassociate themselves from those...