LAF

March 8, 2024

Weekend long read

1) The ITIC reports on ‘Public protests and criticism of Hamas in the Gaza Strip during recent mon...

February 16, 2018

Weekend long read

Our weekly round-up of Middle East background reading. ...

January 24, 2018

BBC News ignores a media freedom story from Lebanon

A journalist sentenced to imprisonment gets no BBC coverage. ...

April 26, 2017

BBC News yawns over another violation of UNSC resolution 1701

A blatant violation of UN SC resolution 1701 by Hizballah and Lebanon was not deemed newsworthy by t...

December 16, 2013

BBC website replaces article on shooting of Israeli soldier with ‘last-first’ report

At around 8:30 pm on Sunday, December 15th, IDF navy officer Shlomi Cohen aged 31 from Afula was dri...

August 6, 2010

Lebanese Army Website: “Resisting” the Israeli “Enemy” Codified as LAF Doctrine

In reading the Lebanese Army’s website, I was struck by how LAF doctrine (mirroring, to some d...

August 6, 2010

Lebanese Commander Admits to Ordering Sniper Attack on IDF

Senior Lebanese army commanders planned and authorised the cross-border shooting on Tuesday that kil...