Recent test successes for Israel's Iron Dome defense system may have helped eliminate concerns about system’s ability to respond to short-range rocket threats, IDF leadership has indicated that ground operations would be still be necessary in the face of a large barrage of rockets. At the same time, an article by JINSA Research Associate Jacob Levkowicz reports, analysts continue to claim that the system's high cost may well prevent it from ever entering serial production.

On Friday in Washington, before an audience of Middle East policy analysts, Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Shapiro said, “Bolstering Israel’s security against the rocket threat will not by itself facilitate a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.” And, “A two-state solution will not in and of itself bring an end to these threats.”

In late June in Tel Aviv, senior Israeli Defense Forces officials briefed JINSA members on the security situation confronting Israel. They provided the group with the following video about the "Flotilla" incident that took place on the morning of May 31, 2010. This is a video you have not seen in the main stream media.

JINSA's statement of Israel as an enduring partner and security asset for the United States has appeared in newspapers across the country. The statement was signed by 60 of our country's most highly decorated military officers. Click "Read the article" below to see how the statement appeared in various newspapers.

What strategic or tactical military advantages accrue to Israel by reading the pundits' opinions of the Israeli government's PR shortcomings?

The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs today condemned the "harsh and condescending" tone used by senior Obama Administration officials to castigate the Israeli government, in complete contravention of accepted behavior between long-standing democratic allies.

JINSA Board of Advisors Member Maj. Gen. Sid Shachnow, USA (ret.), former commander of the U.S. Army Special Forces Command, addressed the Jerusalem Conference, Feb. 17, on the subject of "War in the 21st Century: Counter-Terrorism versus Counter Insurgency." His prepared remarks can be read here.

A JINSA delegation in Israel last week participated in two programs designed to advance the discussion of Afghanistan, Lebanon, Gaza and other non-conventional wars of this decade beyond a description of the adversaries of the West and into the means of defeating them.

Rethinking “Palestine,” a paper presented by Shoshana Bryen, senior director for security policy, at the JINSA conference on Emerging Security Issues for the Obama Administration. The conference, held March 26, focused on issues ranging from developments in Mexico to the future of the U.S. military in a post-industrial world.

On February 10, 2009, JINSA's Executive Director Tom Neumann appeared on BBC America to discuss the results of the most recent Israeli elections. Neumann also commented on how the results are indicative of an Israeli shift in attitude about peace with the Palestinians.