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.
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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,…
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.…
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.
US ‘sleepwalking’ into WWIII, experts warn nation is underprepared: ‘We do not have our Churchill’
The U.S. is “sleepwalking” into a global war against its top adversaries united under an axis of “malign partnerships,” and experts are sounding the alarm that neither the U.S. military nor the public are prepared for World War III. In late July,…
With Lebanon Blasts, Israeli Spies Flex Muscles After October 7 Fiasco
Israeli intelligence has suffered a blow after having failed to warn of Hamas’s October 7 attack, but with this week’s deadly pager blasts in Lebanon the fearsome Mossad agency appears to have hit back. Israel has not commented on the…
AeroVironment’s Switchblade drones are the US Army’s latest big bet
Switchblade drones, a loitering munition used for attack and reconnaissance, weigh under 10 pounds and can fit in a soldier’s backpack. Though small in size, the miniature munition packs a punch. For over a decade, the US military has invested…