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Old May 12th, 2016 #1
Karl Radl
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Default The Latest Islamic State Video on Israel and Jerusalem

The Latest Islamic State Video on Israel and Jerusalem


Islamic State have released a new video in the last few days. This one, which is circa twelve minutes long, has been seized on in sheer desperation by Israel's amen corner to 'prove' that Israel is a major target for the Islamic State (hereafter IS) and that they really are enemies. (1)

This has come – rather conveniently – at a time when the IDF has been engaging in a media blitz to suggest that the Islamic State aligned jihadist group in the Egyptian province of Sinai are preparing to attack Israel with 'hundreds of fighters' plus tanks and artillery. (2)

As I have pointed out in detail before about Islamic State media content as well as its behaviour on the ground. (3) It just doesn't mention or bother with Israel and that behaviour is not just odd, but completely out of character for those who follow a radical Islamist ideology.

I will note several facts from the video:

A) This is a rare example of an IS video that actually mentions jews and Israel directly as enemies.

B) This is clearly the product of, or heavily influenced, by the Egyptian affiliate of IS.

C) The media content is aimed at the population of Egypt and specifically focusing on recruiting them as fighters and/or operatives.

D) The main focus of the media is not actually Israel and jews, but rather the Egyptian government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. The content about the jews is clearly aimed at discrediting the Egyptian government in the eyes of its people not about 'creating an army to invade Israel'.

Think about this video in context for a moment. IS isn't suddenly going on an anti-jewish media binge and invading Israel. IS is losing the ground war and its territory is shrinking. (4) It is also facing a very real cash flow problem (5) and its recruitment of foreign fighters has significantly fallen in recent months. (6)

When you factor in that this has hit foreign fighters hard in the form of a fifty percent salary cut. (7) It becomes readily apparent that IS needs to recruit new fighters motivated by more than just monetary gain and regain momentum badly.

Sinai is the best place to do that since it isn't an active war zone per se. It also isn't subject to highly destructive aerial attacks from an assortment of European and American air forces. It is also an area – along with Libya – where IS has had some measure of success in recent months.

IS however needs to appeal to some other form of motivation other than money within Sinai. After all it is a little strapped for cash right now.

Well what is the best way to acquire such fighters?

Tap into the now traditional antipathy of the Islamic world regarding the creation of Israel and the treatment of the Palestinians by the Israelis. To do that they promise that they will crush Israel – at some unspecified point in the future – and liberate Jerusalem from the jews.

The future dating of this conquest is the key thing. This video is a propandistic pledge for a future successful drive to conquer Israel. It is not something for the here and now, which fits into IS' broad and unofficial policy of détente with the jewish state.

It also explains why IS also targets Hamas as an enemy in the video, which the pro-Israel crowd simply 'forget' to mention. After all if you want to conquer your enemies then you should mention them all and not focus on one especially if that enemy is a major competitor for recruits and funds with your group as Hamas is in relation to IS.

In spite of all the hyperbolic bilge put out about this video being the 'prelude to an attack' on Israel put out by its amen corner and armed forces. There is simply no evidence that IS has any immediate desire whatsoever to attack Israel. This video is directed against the Egyptian state and staged to get more funds/recruits than suggestive of any kind of desire to wipe Israel out immediately.


References


(1) http://heavy.com/news/2016/05/new-is...youtube-video/
(2) http://www.jns.org/news-briefs/2016/....VzHNuYQrLcs=; http://unitedwithisrael.org/report-i...el-from-sinai/
(3) http://semiticcontroversies.blogspot...ic-state.html; http://semiticcontroversies.blogspot...-on-jews.html; http://semiticcontroversies.blogspot...rror-plot.html
(4) http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/03/16/...ory-and-fast/; https://www.ctc.usma.edu/posts/losin...tional-terror; http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35816552
(5) http://fpif.org/islamic-states-cash-flow-problems/
(6) http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=11588530
(7) http://news.sky.com/story/1626479/is...y-cut-by-half; http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mi...-idUSKCN0VV1NR

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