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>perhaps do not understand these casual comments
>by nn.
>
>(do not seem to be in a position which
>would permit interpretion of statements from
>nn about what she enjoys as ironic, so will
>avoid doing that.)
>
>one must evaluate situations individually,
>of course.
>
>as a rule it does not seem desireable to wish
>that 1 or more fascist enterprise should
>consolidate its power, even when, as tends to
>happen, it improves the clarity of the
>situation--
>
>which can be very satisfying, agreed, but.--
>
>the more believable argument is that in the
>aftermath an opposition may mobilize. so 1
>may understand clarity as polarization..?(prefer
>this to the alternative, that 1 (nn) sides here
>with
>institutional fascism on the grounds that it
>may sooner bring about some romanticized
>future distopia in which we are supposed to..
>what? run like technologised rats..>?
>science fiction novella.)
>
>for a recent example, 1 may look at the usa/
>israeli re-renewed crackdown on the occupied
>territories, which is well-described in the
>chomsky commentary which nn forwarded
>to the list by way of Znet.
>
>consider that it has-
>
>has certainly
>reinvigorated the palestinian resistance.
>
>but the expense is that
>it (the violence) has been used as
>an excuse by those in powerful positions
>to extremize their positions. and to kill
>humans.
human cell agregatez = relat!vl! cheap non +?
konglomerat organ!szd `kill humans` = konduz!v 2 01 juzt!z!a + demokraz!e +?
konglomerat organ!szd `k!ll odr an!mlz` 2 repa!r unshapl! humanz = konduz!v 2 01 sc!enza + ars +?
cezt bon la v!e +? da + ultra da +?
!n dze !nter!m. 01 cheap real!tate.
Arabs unify in Ôcyber-warÕ against Israel
Hackers crash Israel's most high-profile
websites
Ranwa Yehia
Daily Star staff
Arab internet users all over the world succeeded in
crippling two major Israeli websites on Wednesday in
an attempt to counter-attack IsraelÕs efforts to
overload Hizbullah websites.
Alerted by an article published in The Daily Star on
Tuesday detailing how Israelis have established a
site to attack HizbullahÕs, Arab users began a
counter-offensive. By 1pm Wednesday, the main
Israeli government website (www.israel.org) and the
Israeli Foreign MinistryÕs website
(www.israel-mfa.gov.il) had been downed by hackers.
The Jerusalem Post website issued a report at 2.10pm
confirming that the Israeli Foreign Ministry website
was down.
ÒSpam (overloading) and hacker assaults have also
been detected on a number of other government sites
as well as the IDF (Israel Defense Force) website.
Ministry sources told Israel Radio the attackers
were traced to ÒIslamic internet sites,Ó according
to the Jerusalem Post.
An Israeli Foreign Ministry official said: ÒThe site
itself was not damaged, but at the moment, no one
can access it.Ó
The official said the website attack could be traced
to a Òpro-Palestinian and pro-Shiite MuslimÓ website
in the US that urged internet users to flood the
Foreign Ministry site.
Several local internet service providers (ISPs) had
published The Daily Star article early Wednesday.
Activity was detected soon afterward, with the
article being widely circulated through e-mail.
Chat rooms frequented by Arab users throughout the
world were also mobilized, with information about
how to attack Israeli websites posted and updates on
which websites have already been targeted.
ÒIf we continue like this, we should arrive at a
time when an Israeli website is crippled every hour.
This is our new battle,Ó said one internet user who,
like others interviewed, requested anonymity.
Another internet programmer said that the attack
against Israeli websites was more professional than
the attack staged by Israeli supporters over the
past two weeks to cripple Hizbullah websites.
ÒWhile the Israelis and their supporters simply
overloaded Hizbullah websites and those related to
the resistance and intifada to eventually cripple
them, our attack was destructive,Ó he said.
The programmer explained that Lebanese hackers
detected the security loophole on the Israeli
websites, allowing them to have full control over
all data on these sites.
ÒHence, all data was deleted,Ó the programmer said.
Another difference is that while it requires
thousands of Israeli supporters to overload a
Hizbullah or resistance related website, it can take
one person using one single dial-up connection to
hack and crash an Israeli website.
ÒBoth are illegal, but this is war,Ó the programmer
said.
By 10pm Wednesday, the two Israeli websites were
still down.
The Jerusalem Post reported earlier Wednesday that
Òthe newest Arab target is IsraelÕs virtual
government.Ó
The English-language daily quoted an Israeli Foreign
Ministry official as saying that the ministryÕs site
was Òneutralized for several hours late Monday night
by a flood of intentional web traffic, most likely
e-mail messages and requests.Ó
The attack has caused the near-total collapse of
[Image] IsraelÕs ISP system, according to the Jerusalem
Post.
Arab internet users are making sure they stage their
attacks from individual PCs or internet cafes to
reduce the possibilities of an Israeli
counter-attack that would cripple their systems.
One such person, identifying himself as Walid, said
he intended to hack the Knesset server late
Wednesday night. ÒWeÕll target and hack Israeli
websites one by one. This will continue,Ó he said.
Walid added that the attacks may get fiercer, with
an e-mail war between Israel and Arabs seeing an
exchange of viruses designed to crash systems.
More websites are being built to attack Israeli
sites. One is www.ummah.net/unity/defend/. Its front
page has HizbullahÕs logo with the word ÒUNITY.Ó
Similar to an earlier website,
www.members.tripod.com/irsa2000, it instructs users
to target Israeli websites by pressing on a button
that would initiate hits on these sites every second
in an attempt to overload and eventually cripple
them.
An e-mail circulated about the website urges users
to log on and help defend Hizbullah.
Hackers have since broken into a Hizbullah website
which was downed last week, www.hizballa.org, and
replaced its home page with an image of an Israeli
flag and an instrumental recording of ÒHatikva,Ó the
Israeli national anthem.
The websiteÕs front page said: ÒThis page was
uploaded to protest against the Arabic attacks in
the past few days.Ó
Related stories
* Israeli website tries to shut down HizbullahÕs
DS 26/10/00
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