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.

In an op-ed in the Chicago Tribune on January 25, 2009, JINSA Executive Director Tom Neumann makes the case that anti-Israel attitudes do not fall into a pattern of normal political hostility of the type directed toward other countries.

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Much has been made of Israel's so-called "disproportionate" response to Hamas rocket fire against Israeli civilians. However, proportionality as a doctrine in international law does not say that firepower returned has to be equal to firepower taken, and does not require that casualties be equal on both sides, concludes a report by JINSA's Senior Director for Security Policy Shoshana Bryen.

Israel has great experience with guerrilla/terrorist forces on its borders with Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza. A report by JINSA's Senior Director for Security Policy Shoshana Bryen assesses Israel's overall security operations through the prism of the ongoing Gaza War and the lessons of Israel's experience in the West Bank and Lebanon.

Brig. Gen. Johanan Locker, commander of the Israeli Air Force's Air Division, met with a small group composed of JINSA leadership and participants in JINSA's annual trip to Israel for retired U.S. Generals and Admirals on November 12.

Maj. Gen. Benny Gantz, Defense and Armed Forces Attache at the Embassy of Israel, spoke before a JINSA-sponsored a lunch in late April 2008 for defense industry executives.

A report by JINSA Security Policy Director Shoshana Bryen on the utility of a multinational military force for Gaza.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has reprioritized its acquisition schedule for years to come as a consequence of lessons learned from the summer 2006 battles with Hezbollah. The IDF will concentrate on bolstering manpower over technology to confront a wide range of security threats beyond the war against Palestinian terrorists.