Click here to read a transcript. 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…
Click here to read a transcript. Israel’s daring June campaign against Iran saw numerous successes, including the major degradation of Iran’s military assets and nuclear program. Receiving less attention but just as significant was another extraordinary achievement: the highly successful…
Excerpt Below: Iran’s missile attack against the Al Udeid U.S. Air Force base in Qatar reveals an inconvenient fact: The U.S. base there is a military liability. Worse, it is also a political liability, granting Qatar, with its anti-American agenda, too much…
Operation Midnight Hammer, the monumental U.S. strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities on June 21, made history several times over. The operation represented the first-ever known American airstrikes inside the Islamic Republic of Iran; the first use of America’s GBU-57 bunker-buster…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 21, 2025 Contact: Blake Johnson bjohnson@jinsa.org Twitter/X: @ItsBlakeJohnson Washington, DC – The following is a statement from Jewish Institute for National Security of America President and CEO Michael Makovsky, PhD, reacting to reports the United States, in coordination…
Excerpt Below: Israel’s attacks on Iran’s nuclear weapons program, which began early Friday, June 13, are lawful, contrary to the expressed views of various commentators and politicians, including Senator Bernie Sanders. Several of these commentators have based their contention that…
Israel’s strikes on the heart of Iran’s regime are already shaping up as one of the most ambitious and effective campaigns by a military long known for operational daring and excellence. By trying to forestall an existential threat to itself,…
Overnight, the Israel Defense Forces began conducting strikes targeting Iran’s nuclear facilities and senior Iranian officials. The preemptive attack kicks off Operation Rising Lion, which Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as a “military operation to roll back the Iranian threat…
By attacking Iran’s nuclear program, Israel has acted to uphold what five successive American presidents from both parties, including President Donald Trump, have identified as a vital national interest of the United States. Now is the time for Washington to leave…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 12, 2025 Contact: Blake Johnson bjohnson@jinsa.org Twitter/X: @ItsBlakeJohnson Washington, DC – Israel has launched preemptive strikes against the Iranian regime. Michael Makovsky, President and CEO of the Jewish Institute for National Security of America issued the…