FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 9, 2025 Contact: Blake Johnson bjohnson@jinsa.org Washington, DC – The following is a statement from Michael Makovsky, President and CEO of the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, on the announcement of a ceasefire deal in Gaza:…
Click here to read a transcript. Two years after Hamas’s brutal attack against Israel ignited a devastating war in Gaza, President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. The agreement came together after U.S. Special Envoy to the…
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Click here to read a transcript. October 7, 2023, is a day that, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated, “will forever live in infamy.” Hamas’s invasion of Israel, massacre of over 1,200 people, and kidnapping of over 250 individuals…
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