Israel War Update 1/2
The Iran-backed Houthis have ramped up their aggression against Israel to unprecedented levels, despite recent Israeli and U.S. strikes against the terror group, leading Israel to issue a “final warning” for the Houthis to cease their fire or “meet the same miserable fate” as Hamas and Hezbollah. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) also continues to conduct strikes along the Lebanon-Syria border and recently concluded a major operation in the Kamal Adwan Hospital, which Israel described as Hamas’s “last bastion” in Gaza’s Jabaliya.
To discuss the rapidly evolving Houthi situation and broader regional developments, please join JINSA for a webinar featuring JINSA Distinguished Fellow IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror and JINSA Distinguished Fellow IDF MG (ret.) Amikam Norkin. JINSA Director of Foreign Policy Jonathan Ruhe will moderate this discussion.
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Thursday, January 2 |
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IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror is a Distinguished Fellow at JINSA’s Gemunder Center for Defense and Strategy. MG Amidror was formerly the National Security Advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as the head of Israel’s National Security Council from 2011-13. 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 Amikam Norkin IDF MG (ret.) Norkin is the Former Commander of the Israeli Air Force and a former member of the Israel Defense Forces General Staff. As the IAF’s Commander, he was responsible for all of the IDF’s aviation operations, including all air and space defense and offense activities, turning the IAF to the IDF’s leading strategic arm and leading this critical organization in a rapidly changing environment with various multiple challenges. As a member of the IDF’s General Staff Forum, he was a central figure in advising Israel’s Cabinet, including the Prime Minister on the most sensitive issues of national security. MG Norkin joined JINSA as a Distinguished Fellow in 2023. |
Jonathan Ruhe Jonathan Ruhe is JINSA Director of Foreign Policy. Prior to joining JINSA, he worked at the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC), where he focused on Middle East and Former Soviet Union security issues. His commentary has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Foreign Policy, The Dispatch, and various international media outlets. He holds degrees with honors from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and from the University of Chicago, where he was a fellow with the Program on International Security Policy. |