Seth Binder

Feb 14, 2025 | justsecurity.org | Seth Binder |Sheridan Cole |Haydn Welch

Republicans and Democrats alike have long recognized the importance of foreign aid to U.S. national security. In 2017, for example, then-Senator Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican, argued, “Foreign Aid is not charity.

Feb 16, 2024 | defensenews.com | Seth Binder |John Chappell

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu late last week ordered his war cabinet to draft plans for a ground invasion of Rafah, one of the most densely populated places on the planet. Four months into an unprecedented and brutal assault on the Gaza Strip following the Oct. 7 massacre carried out by Hamas, Israeli operations have already killed 28,000 Palestinians and brought untold suffering and a humanitarian crisis.

Feb 16, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Seth Binder

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Nov 8, 2023 | justsecurity.org | John Chappell |Annie Shiel |Seth Binder |Elias Yousif |Bill Monahan |Amanda Klasing

Hamas’ attacks and the Israeli bombing campaign in Gaza that followed have rightly drawn critical attention to the applicable international humanitarian law standards governing the conduct of hostilities. As U.S. weapons transfers to Israel increase, and in light of the unparalleled U.S. security assistance and arms sales relationship with Israel, relevant U.S. policies and laws that apply to arms transfers merit similar attention.