"Reflections Post Gaza Conflict," Next Webinar: Military Challenges for the US and Israel in the Middle East

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Reflections Post Gaza Conflict ([link removed])


** By Sarah N. Stern | June 4, 2021 | Published on JNS ([link removed])
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It is the period after another round of fighting between Gaza and the IDF. This is the fourth war since every last Israeli soldier and civilian withdrew from Gaza in August of 2005. This recent 11-day war, “Operation Guardian of the Walls” follows “Operation Protective Edge” in 2014, “Operation Pillar of Defense” in 2012 and “Operation Cast Lead” in 2008.

Israelis are quite adept at picking up the pieces, sweeping away the physical rubble of their homes as they sweep their psychological rubble under the rug and getting on with their lives, as though almost nothing happened. What we always hear Israelis say, during times of peace, as well as war, is “yihiyeh b’seder,” or it will be alright.

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With the new administration's Middle East policies differing greatly from those of the previous administration, both America and Israel will be facing ever-greater military and national security challenges. While Arab civil wars are nothing new, Israeli Arabs and Israeli Jews saw 70 years of relatively peaceful co-existence shattered during Operation Guardian of the Walls. Although the Biden administration claims it wants to prevent the rearmament of Hamas, Iran and its proxies will likely continue providing billions of dollars for military aggression including missiles, drones, tunnels and offshore attacks.

Meanwhile, all U.S. forces will withdraw from Afghanistan on the 20^th anniversary of 9/11 and terrorist groups run rampant across Iraq, Syria and Yemen, plagued by Houthi rebels, who were recently removed from the United States' Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) list. The Abraham Accords are also increasingly unstable, given that Saudi Arabia appears to be strengthening ties with Iran, rather than becoming the fifth Arab nation to sign a normalization agreement with Israel as expected. China and Russia also have their hands in the Mideast, complicating matters and leaving everyone to wonder what the coming years will bring.

Shoshana Bryen and Clare Lopez are experts on the region and ever-changing military maneuvers. Join us to hear their expert analyses and insights on what to expect in the Middle East under the Biden administration.
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About the speakers
Clare M. Lopez is the Founder/President of Lopez Liberty LLC, with a mission to alert and educate Americans on national security threats by everything from the Muslim Brotherhood to Marxists and communists in the US. In 2020, Lopez was named a Senior Analyst for Ravenna Associates, a strategic corporate communications firm based in Virginia. She also works with Bishop E.W. Jackson & his STAND Organization.

From 2014 to 2020, Lopez served as VP for Research & Analysis at the Center for Security Policy, during which time
she was named to Senator Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign national security advisory team. Before that, she was a career operations officer with the CIA, a professor at the Centre for Counterintelligence & Security Studies. In February 2012, Ms. Lopez was named a member of the Congressional Task Force on National and Homeland Security.

Lopez received a B.A. in Communications & French from Notre Dame College of Ohio & an M.A. in International Relations from the Maxwell School of Syracuse University and completed Marine Corps Officer Candidate School (OCS) in Quantico, Virginia.

Shoshana Bryen is Senior Director of the Jewish Policy Center and Editor of inFOCUS Quarterly. A specialist in U.S. defense policy and Middle East affairs, she was previously Executive Director and Senior Director for Security Policy at JINSA. She has worked with the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College and the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, and lectured at the National Defense University in Washington, and the American service academies.

Mrs. Bryen coordinated programs for military professionals that allowed more than 450 American military officers to engage in discussion with counterparts in Israel and Jordan. She also created a program to take the cadets and midshipmen of America’s service academies to Israel, permitting hundreds of future officers to have a positive, in-depth experience in the Jewish State.

Her work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, the New York Sun and Defense News, Forbes.com, DailyWire and Gatestone Institute. She is a Member of the Advisory Board of the Aleethia Foundation providing opportunities for wounded veterans of the Iraq and Afghan wars, and is a Member of the Board of the American Jewish International Relations Institute (AJIRI).
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** The Shoddy and Questionable Resolution of the UNHRC on Israel ([link removed]) - JNS
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IDF Seeks to Fast Track Revolutionary Approach to Lessening Future Rocket Fire ([link removed]) - JNS

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Lapid informs Rivlin he has succeeded in forming a government ([link removed]) - YNet

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Israel's operation against Hamas was the world's first AI war ([link removed]) - Jerusalem Post

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Iran Rearming Hamas with ‘Thousands of New Rockets’ ([link removed]) - Free Beacon

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Sinwar: Hamas ready to hold talks with Israel on prisoner swap ([link removed]) - Jerusalem Post

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** Gaza as a Military Testing Ground for Iran ([link removed]) - Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
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U.S. monitoring Iranian warships that may be headed to Venezuela ([link removed]) - Politico

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Biggest ship in Iran's navy catches fire and sinks under unclear circumstances, semiofficial Iranian news agencies say ([link removed]) - CBS

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Iran’s Quds Force chief says Israelis should ‘return’ to US, Europe ([link removed]-) - Al-Arabiya

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Netanyahu: We'll Defend Against Iranian Threat Even at Cost of Friction with US ([link removed]) - Times of Israel

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Iran nuclear deal parties to wrap up latest round of talks in Vienna ([link removed]) - Reuters

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UN watchdog: Access to key Iranian data lacking since Feb 23 ([link removed]) - AP

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Changes in United Arab Emirates Foreign Policy: Significance for Israel and the Region ([link removed]) - Institute for National Security Studies

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Despite Abraham Accords Doubters, Emiratis Still Bullish on Israel Ties ([link removed]) ([link removed]) - Jerusalem Post

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Statement by President Joe Biden on the Rise of Anti-Semitic Attacks ([link removed]) - The White House

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Congress pursues bill to sanction entities aiding Palestinian terror groups ([link removed]) - JNS

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U.S. tech giants’ vise over Israel tightens despite ceasefire ([link removed]) - Politico

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** BLM cofounder called for the end of Israel in 2015 ([link removed]) - Yahoo! News
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Google Diversity Chief Offers Private Apology for Anti-Semitic Remarks As Company Remains Silent ([link removed]) - Washington Free Beacon

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Vox: “We Don’t Know Why” Antisemitism Is Rising ([link removed]) - The Jewish Journal

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The NYT Published a Terrorist as a Palestinian ‘Child’ Killed in Gaza ([link removed]) - America's Citizen Press

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French Judiciary Frees Extremist Antisemitic Murderer ([link removed]) - Gatestone Institute

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** Jewish Groups Call on State Attorneys General to Take Action to Stem Anti-Semitic Violence ([link removed]) - Washington Free Beacon
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** Portland College Students Help Friends of Hamas ([link removed]) ([link removed]) - The Blaze
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** California Teachers’ Unions Embrace Anti-Semitic BDS Movement ([link removed]) - Washington Free Beacon
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** Rutgers University chancellor, provost apologize after speaking out against increase in anti-Semitism ([link removed]) - FOX News
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