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Jun 10, 2024 | 
jinsa.org | Zac Schildcrout
| Share: Despite growing Chinese investment in Israel’s economy, China has clearly demonstrated that its interest in Israel is purely instrumental and subordinate to its global ambitions of supplanting the United States on the world stage. Since October 7, China has calculated it can better advance that strategic agenda by siding with Hamas and Iran.
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May 30, 2024 | 
jinsa.org | Zac Schildcrout
The war between Israel and Hamas has been intensely scrutinized. Questions about the Israel Defense Forces’ strategy, operations, legality of conduct, concern for mitigating harm to civilians, and provision of humanitarian assistance are being raised and actively debated from the public square to international organizations and governments.
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May 29, 2024 | 
jinsa.org | Zac Schildcrout
JINSA hosted a webinar discussing the latest regional developments in Israel’s multi-front war against Iran’s proxies, including the recent IDF airstrike in Rafah that killed two high-ranking Hamas members and inadvertently killed several civilians, ongoing ground maneuvers in Rafah, and increasing attacks from Hezbollah in Lebanon.
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May 23, 2024 | 
jinsa.org | Zac Schildcrout
| Share: Amid concern among some Israeli leaders over the lack of a “day after” plan for Gaza and as the IDF continues its limited operations against Hamas in Rafah and northern Gaza, JINSA hosted a webinar to discuss the latest developments in the Israel-Hamas war.
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May 8, 2024 | 
jinsa.org | Matthew Kenney |Zac Schildcrout
| Share: According to multiple media reports, the Biden administration has made a deliberate decision to pause certain U.S. arms shipments to Israel. This move is apparently meant to send a message of U.S. disapproval of Israel’s plan to conduct major combat operations in Rafah and to pressure a change in Israeli policy.
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May 8, 2024 | 
jinsa.org | Matthew Kenney |Zac Schildcrout
| Share: In an unprecedented move to undermine a vital U.S. partner, President Joe Biden told CNN’s Erin Burnett in a clip that aired May 8 that if Israel goes into Rafah, beyond its current operations, the United States will not provide offensive weapons to Israel such as bombs and artillery shells.
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May 7, 2024 | 
jinsa.org | Zac Schildcrout
| Share: After weeks of signaling its intent to launch a ground incursion to destroy Hamas in its last bastion, Rafah, the IDF has begun limited operations around the area. On May 6, the IDF began distributing evacuation guidelines to civilians in eastern Rafah and subsequently took control of the Gazan side of the Egypt-Gaza border in Rafah.
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May 1, 2024 | 
jinsa.org | Zac Schildcrout
19FortyFive | Share: Attention is focused on Iran after its massive drone and missile attack against Israel on April 13, and Israel’s subsequent limited strike inside Iran. But lost in this exchange, and one reason that Israel’s response might have been narrow, is that it still has a threat closer to home to finish dealing with: Hamas.
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Apr 25, 2024 | 
jinsa.org | Zac Schildcrout
| Share: JINSA’s Israel at War webpage is a dedicated resource for analysis, commentary, webinars, and media coverage about the 10/7 attacks and the ensuing conflict between Israel, the Iranian regime, and the regime’s proxies. JINSA is releasing the Swords of Iron Update on April 22, April 25, and April 26 this week due to the Jewish holiday of Passover. An update with the latest information and analysis about the war is below.
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Apr 19, 2024 | 
jinsa.org | Zac Schildcrout
| Share: Tragic mistakes happen in wars—particularly those fought in dense urban areas against adversaries who hide behind human shields—but they are not a reason to end conflicts before they are won. That is especially true when those wars are justified, fought by law-abiding, professional militaries, and waged again barbaric adversaries.
