Gaza War Update 8/7
Over the weekend, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad published disturbing videos of starved Israeli hostages begging for their release, renewing protests in Israel for a ceasefire, and prompting Prime Minister Netanyahu to call on the Red Cross to visit the hostages and provide medical assistance. The videos come as Hamas rejects the latest U.S.-backed ceasefire efforts, and as Israel seeks to expand operations in Gaza and tries to rescue the remaining hostages.
At the same time, international efforts to isolate Israel are intensifying. France, Britain, and Canada have threatened to recognize a Palestinian state as soon as next month, and Israel is targeted by increasingly heavy criticism for its alleged failures to facilitate humanitarian aid inside Gaza.
To discuss these developments, JINSA will host a webinar featuring JINSA Distinguished Fellow IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror. JINSA President & CEO Michael Makovsky, PhD will moderate the discussion.
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Thursday, August 7 | 3:00PM ET |
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IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror IDF Major General (ret.) Yaakov Amidror is a Gemunder Center for Defense and Strategy Distinguished Fellow. MG Amidror was formerly the National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of Israel, as well as the head of the National Security Council, from 2011-2013. During his 36-year career in the IDF, MG Amidror served as Commander of IDF Military Colleges, Military Secretary for the Minister of Defense, Director of the Intelligence Analysis Division, and as Intelligence Officer for the Northern Command. |
Michael Makovsky, PhD Michael Makovsky, PhD is President and CEO of the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA), which he joined in 2013. A U.S. national security expert, he has worked extensively on U.S. policy toward Iran’s nuclear program, Israel, and the broader Middle East, as well as the intersection of international energy markets and politics with U.S. national security. Makovsky has written articles, op-eds and editorials for various publications on U.S. national security issues primarily involving the Middle East as well as energy markets. He is also author of Churchill’s Promised Land (Yale University Press), a diplomatic-intellectual history of Winston Churchill’s complex relationship with Zionism. |
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