Gaza Assessment
For almost a decade and a half, repeated rounds of fighting have erupted between the terrorist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Israel. In these conflicts, Hamas deploys against Israel both new technologies and tactics and repeated, consistent attempts to delegitimize the Jewish state by portraying its military operations as war crimes. These developments threaten not just Israel but also the United States and its military, if they are adopted by U.S. adversaries.
The Gaza Assessment Policy Project convenes senior U.S. military commanders and legal experts to study each armed conflict between Israel and Hamas, beginning in 2014, in order to develop legal, strategic, operational, and technological observations about the challenges confronting Israel today and that the United States could face in the future and identify lessons that might assist American leaders in preparing for and conducting future conflicts.
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Members
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Gaza Assessment Policy Project Reports
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Press Room
Gaza Assessment Policy Project Members
LTG. Mick Bednarek, USA (ret.)
Former Senior Defense Official in Iraq; Former Chief of the Office of Security Cooperation in Baghdad
LtGen Richard Natonski, USMC (ret.)
Former Commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command
LTC Geoffrey S. Corn, USA (ret.)
Distinguished Fellow, Gemunder Center for Defense & Strategy, Vinson & Elkins Professor of Law, South Texas College of Law, Houston
Gen Charles "Chuck" Wald, USAF (ret.)
Co-Chair of the Iran Policy Project and Eastern Mediterranean Policy Project, Former Deputy Commander of United States European Command
LTG Raymond Palumbo, USA (ret.)
Former Deputy Commander of U.S. Army Special Operations
LTG Stephen Lanza, USA (ret.)
Former Commanding General of I Corps and Joint Base Lewis McChord
Lt Gen Jon Davis, USMC (ret.)
Former Deputy Commandant for Aviation
LTG Karen Gibson, USA (ret.)
Former Deputy Director for National Intelligence and National Security Partnerships
LTG Robert Ashley, USA (ret.)
Former Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
RADM Brian L. Losey, USN (ret.)
Former Commander, U.S. Naval Special Warfare Command
GEN. David Rodriguez, USA (ret.)
Former Commander, United States Africa Command
MG. Mike Jones, USA (ret.)
Former Chief of Staff, U.S. Central Command
Maj Gen Rick Devereaux, USAF (ret.)
Former Director of Operational Planning, Policy, and Strategy - Headquarters Air Force
LTG William B. Caldwell, IV, USA (ret.)
Former Commander, U.S. Army North
Lt Gen Thomas "Tom" Trask, USAF (ret.)
Former Vice Commander, United States Special Operations Command