A War for the Tech Economy - High and Low-Tech Warfare in Israel’s Communications Attack on Hezbollah Mann, Itamar Author aut Text xx# 2024 Verfassungsblog 2024-09-19 eng
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 Today, various commentators are asking about the purpose behind the pager attack and the subsequent communication device attack yesterday. The New York Times’s detailed report of the incidents announces in its title that Israel has built a “Modern-Day Trojan Horse”. The idea comes from Greek history, but perhaps a better comparison might be found in Greek myth. Prometheus stole fire from the gods. Today, Israel is attempting to develop secularized but God-like technological capabilities, at least in terms of their ability to generate surprise and change reality overnight. Yet, by discarding moral or political considerations in favor of pyrotechnics,  Israel risks Prometheus’s ultimate fate: punishment. CC BY-SA 4.0 Mann, Itamar Israel Israel | 1700–1773 Israel-Gaza War Israel-Hezbollah War ideology Israel Israel | 1700–1773 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/a-war-for-the-tech-economy/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/a76c1dc83120300e 240919 10.59704/a76c1dc83120300e Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)