The Jerusalem Post features Avichay Adraee (pictured), the only member of the IDF’s Spokesman’s Office Arabic Language desk. He says Arab views of Israel aren’t monolithic:
One such incident occurred when he was surprised to find himself live on a BBC Arabic-language radio program facing off against a senior Hamas spokesman. “He offered the usual narrative, and then I responded, using an Arabic expression that says ‘you hit me and then you began to cry’ to describe the situation in which we have faced seven years of rocket fire.”
After that comment, Adraee said, he received e-mails and messages on Facebook from Arabic speakers congratulating him on his quick and witty response. At another point, he asked if Hamas wouldn’t serve its people better by using the pipe components of Kassam rockets to improve Beit Hanun’s sewer system. Seven Palestinians were killed in 2007 after the northern Gaza city’s sewers exploded due to faulty infrastructure.
