The Civil Front Sends Scary Videos To Gazans: ‘We Have To Talk Their Language’

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — For Ofer Rosenbaum, the word Hasbarah [loosely translating as ‘publicity propaganda’] is a dirty word. Rosenbaum feels that far from trying to explain ourselves, we should be using words themselves as a weapon of war- a powerful psychological tool which can intimidate our enemies.

Rosenbaum set up the Civil Front, an organization which creates videos in Arabic to spread terror among the Gazans and to precipitate their surrender. The videos are so authentic that they have even garnered the attention of Israeli intelligence, which asked Rosenbaum if it could use them. With 300 million views, mainly in Arab countries, Rosenbaum is trying to sway Arab public opinion against Hamas as another tool in the war effort.

אהלן וסאהלן יא סינוואר. תתכונן.
בשיפא, ברפיח, מעל או מתחת לאדמה, קפטן ג’יהנם יגיע אליך.@RosenbaumOfer @StoleroShu pic.twitter.com/auihxyhg3v

— החזית האזרחית (@The_civil_front) November 20, 2023

ברוכים הבאים לחדר החקירות של קפטן ג’הנום.
כל אחד מהנאצים בעזה יכיר אותו בקרוב מאוד.
שתפו והפיצו. שערי הגיהנום נפתחו.@RosenbaumOfer pic.twitter.com/wx6cjGZZpo

— החזית האזרחית (@The_civil_front) November 7, 2023

The narrator in the video clips is a former Gazan resident who discovered that he had a Jewish mother, ran away from the region and became a charedi Jew. His identity predictably remains protected, but his voice is unmistakably chilly, and accent tuned to strike terror into the hearts of those who are listening.

Rosenbaum believes that his videos should be part of the work plan of the IDF. “We come to our enemies and speak to them in their tongue -Gazan Arabic, we try to explain to them exactly what will happen to them.” All of the threats are genuine- “They must understand that this is where they’re going if they continue this way.”