Gaza War Update 9/18
As Israel ramps up its operations against Hamas in Gaza City and urges civilians to evacuate combat zones, the terror group has called for Gazans to remain in the area even as its leaders flee Israeli strikes. Palestinian sources have also claimed that Hamas has moved the remaining living hostages above ground, using them as human shields.
Israel’s campaign in Gaza City comes amid severe backlash for Israel’s targeting of senior Hamas leaders in Qatar. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended the attack on Qatari soil, asserting to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio during his visit to Israel this week that the strikes were “legitimate.” While Rubio works towards diplomatic resolve in the Middle East, the United Nations General Assembly gathered in New York, voting overwhelmingly in favor of recognizing a Palestinian state, a move the United States labeled “a gift to Hamas.”
To discuss Israel’s operations in Gaza and its efforts to strike Hamas abroad, please join JINSA for a conversation featuring JINSA Distinguished Fellow IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror and JINSA Julian & Jenny Josephson Senior Vice President for Israeli Affairs IDF MG (ret.) Yaacov Ayish.
JINSA President and CEO Michael Makovsky, PhD, will moderate the discussion.
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Thursday, Sep. 18 | 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. |
IDF MG (ret.) Yaacov Ayish IDF MG (ret.) Yaacov Ayish is the Julian and Jenny Josephson Senior Vice President for Israeli Affairs at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA). MG Ayish served in the IDF for 36 years and retired in 2016, concluding an accomplished career during which he attained the rank of Major General. Throughout his distinguished service, he served in core and operational command positions in the IDF ground forces and in senior command and managerial positions in the IDF General Staff. In his last position, MG Ayish served for four years as Israel’s Defense and Armed Forces Attaché to the United States in Washington, D.C. |
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. |