8 hours ago, JimCM said:

Celebration, but not sure the relevance of Pepsi bottles on their heads.

 

The Pepsi bottles won't smash if they fall off.  Bottle dancing is not a Jewish tradition, but it was a custom at Orthodox weddings in some parts of Russia to balance a bottle on the head.  Nobody knows exactly why, but one explanation is that it was a drunken prank that caught on.

 

The elaborate bottle dance seen in the 1971 film "Fiddler on the Roof"  was created by choreographer Jerome Robbins, based on the "bottle balancing" he had seen at an Orthodox wedding.

 

 

On 10/9/2025 at 1:50 PM, Mike_Hunt said:

On 8 July 1972, Kanafani, was assassinated in Beirut by the Mossad, the Israeli foreign intelligence service. When Kanafani turned on the ignition of his Austin 1100, a grenade connected to the ignition switch detonated and in turn detonated a 3 kilo plastic bomb planted behind the bumper bar.[39] Both Kanafani and his 17-year-old niece Lamees Najim, who had been accompanying him, were killed.[40][15]

It was suspected that his killing was in retaliation for the Lod Airport massacre, carried out days earlier by three members of the Japanese Red Army. However, some reports suggest that the assassination may have been planned before these events.[6] As the PFLP's spokesperson, Kanafani had claimed responsibility for the attack on behalf of the organization. He was also identified in photographs taken with the three Japanese militants shortly before the operation, which reportedly contributed to his inclusion on a Mossad hit list.[41]

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghassan_Kanafani#Assassination

 

Yes, He sounded like the voice of reason. 

 

 

Zionist heroes hung British soldiers after a kangaroo court in the olive groves- - indeed one of them went on to be PM. One man's terrorist etc...

Henry Kissinger's most famous statement regarding winning a war against guerrillas is one of the "cardinal maxims of guerrilla war." He articulated this concept in his 1969 article, "The Viet Nam Negotiations," in Foreign Affairs.

Kissinger's core point is that the criteria for success are fundamentally different for each side:

 

"The guerrilla wins if he does not lose. The conventional army loses if it does not win."

 

The Full Context of the Quote

 

Kissinger used this maxim to explain the American failure in the Vietnam War:

• He argued that the U.S. fought a military war, seeking physical attrition, while their opponents (the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong guerrillas) fought a political war, aiming for America's psychological exhaustion.

• The conventional army (the U.S.) requires a clear, decisive victory to justify the cost, time, and human toll. If it fails to achieve that definitive win, it is politically perceived as a defeat.

• The guerrilla force, however, does not need to destroy the conventional army. By simply surviving, enduring, and sustaining the conflict, they erode the political will of the conventional power until it withdraws, thereby achieving their victory.