Terminology

The operation that took place in Tel Aviv today, was reported on Aljazeera as a '3amaliya Feda2ya'-Feda'ya operation. This is quite a shift in the terminology being used when dealing with these kinds of attacks. Aljazeera used to call them '3amaliyat Istishadiya'-martyrdom operation, but to have shifted to Feda'ya is quite a change.
In the case of Palestine, the term Feda2i has always been used when talking about the men and women who fought before and during the first Intifada, it also has a very secular overtone to it, since during that time it was the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and Fateh-among others-that did most of the 'fighting' and they are both groups that are considered quite secular in their direction. Meaning that they are nationalist, and didn't connect the liberation of Palestine with either Islam nor Christianity.
But this operation was done by a man who is affiliated to the Islamic Jihad, and as thus is not secular at all. For them to change the terminology to a Feda'aya operation, is in my opinion, quite profound, and something that is either showing a change in the minds of the Arab street, or an attempt by the Arab media to reprogram how these attacks should be understood by this street. Aljazeera is most probably the most popular venue for Arabs when they go looking for news, and as thus, their use of words, and the way they present what is happening is of great significance.