JINSA VP for Policy Blaise Misztal on NewsNation Live (9.29.24)
JINSA’s Vice President for Policy Blaise Misztal joined NewsNation Live to analyze Israel’s elimination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon and its potential implications.
Israel at War
Don’t Get Your Hopes Up About an Israel-Hezbollah Cease-fire
The U.S. and France are pushing a cease-fire proposal between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah to avert war at Israel’s northern border with Lebanon. But don’t expect to see Israel agree to a cease-fire with Hezbollah anytime soon. All indications…
Bipartisan Skepticism in Washington About Efforts to Allow Turkey to Buy F-35 Fighter Jets
The Biden administration is reportedly working to broker a deal that would reopen the pathway for Turkey to purchase cutting-edge F-35 fighter jets, a prospect that is raising bipartisan skepticism from some lawmakers, as others see such a sale as…
Israel’s Forces Still Have the Resources to Invade Lebanon, Despite Gaza War, Analysts Say
Despite fatigue among its ranks and diminished stockpiles after nearly a year of war, the Israeli military still has the capacity to launch an invasion of Lebanon, having wound down its military operations in the Gaza Strip in recent weeks,…
Combined Arms Maneuver, Mission Command, and the Challenge of LOAC Implementation
The news out of Israel is, well, discouraging. It seems increasingly likely that Israel is going to launch a major combat operation to clear Hezbollah assets from southern Lebanon. The threat to Israeli border communities—which have been victimized by constant…
Cutting Houthi Supply Lines Key to Trade
The Houthis’ August 23 attack on the Greek-flagged MV Sounion, nearly costing 25 seafarers their lives, now threatens to become among the largest environmental disasters in history should the tanker and its 150,000 metric tons of oil capsize. Houthi-broadcast images…
Israel is pounding Hezbollah, but in war the Iran-backed force will be a lethal foe
The IDF has been hammering Hezbollah since the Lebanese terror group began firing over the border the day after Hamas’s October 7 invasion of southern Israel. Hezbollah itself has named over 500 of its fighters killed in the year-long conflict.…
Watch Webinar – Northern War Report Release
JINSA hosted a panel discussion on its new report released today, Israel’s Coming Northern War: A U.S.-Israel Strategy to Defeat Hezbollah. This timely and comprehensive report details the existential threats Israel faces and their direct implications for the United States,…
Iran posed to overwhelm US bases in Gulf, former CENTCOM commander warns
The former top security head of the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) warned on Thursday that U.S. bases in the Middle East could become overwhelmed by Iranian missile fire. Retired Gen. Kenneth “Frank” McKenzie, now a Hertog senior fellow with the…
Jonathan Ruhe on LiveNOW from Fox (9.22.24)
JINSA’s Director of Foreign Policy, Jonathan Ruhe, joined LiveNOW from FOX to analyze Israeli troops’ raid of the offices of the Qatar-funded news network Al Jazeera in the West Bank.