I was watching the news when I noticed some Israeli soldiers were wearing silly looking chef hats. Turns out there is a reason..
The hat—called a mitznefet in Hebrew—attaches to a regular combat helmet and obscures its rigid, round shape. As the mitznefet flops about, it takes on an irregular form that’s harder to recognize in a shadow or out of the corner of your eye. The hat also protects against the sun and the moon, which might reflect off the surface of the helmet. A standard mitznefet consists of reversible mesh fabric, with a greenish woodland camouflage print on one side and a brown desert print on the other… [Source]
16 replies on “IDF Chef Hats”
lol i love your humour
even Hizbullah was wearing these during their last war with Israel. I always wondered what is it.
I guess that was their strategy of confusing the Israelis.
I always thought it was some kind of a built-in gas mask that you can drop on your face when needed. Thanks for the info.
I thought it was their own body bag?
wow. this is the only thing you found worthy of a post?
yup, I am not going to talk politics here.
hm, this seems like a nice, modern replacement for the ghutra.
lol,u can cut the tension with a knife 😛
miss ghesquiere: so you actually took time to write somethin as useless as that? its his fuckin blog, he is not your daily royal jester ffs
Mark, if your not going to talk politics then why do you bring up this subject as you know its sensitive? nearly 800 people are killed so far, whether or not you dont talk politics you have an obligation to protest as an Arab
IDF Chef Hats is not a political subject.
800 people got killed in 2 weeks? Why didn’t you come in here last month and nag on me to post something about the 400 civilians in Congo who were massacred in a single day? https://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/30/congo.xmas.massacre/index.html What about all the Iraqi civilians who were massacred in Iraq, they’re Arabs also no? There are hundreds of people dying every day (including Arabs) so you either give a fuck about all of them or don’t.
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Chef hats lol…creative. Yeah I always wondered what those hats were for…
Its name sounds kinda funny too…mitznefet
Like someone smacked the keyboard…kweudcbfv
Also, I don’t get how this is a political post too…
lol @ GIendale
9ij ma3indik salfa
back to the helmet,
i still think it looks silly
First time I’ve come across this blog, and already like this post. I’m currently in Israel am fascinated by what goes on here. As someone interested in politics, and the effects it has on societies, it would be difficult not to consistently view Israel and Palestine through that lens.
Nevertheless, it’s really nice to see someone who can look past the heaviest issues for a little bit and make the mundane and esoteric both interesting and funny. We could all use a bit more humour in our lives.