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On Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s 76th anniv, & as it fights Iran & its terror network, 90+ retired US Generals & Admirals declare a strong 🇮🇱 is vital to 🇺🇸 nat'l security, reaffirm our friendship and bond, & urge all Americans to stand by our friend & partner.
80 former U.S. generals and admirals express their support for a strong U.S.-Israel partnership and unconditional support for this critical American ally amid rising antisemitism and strained relations in this JINSA issued open letter today.
In response to Turkey increasingly violating Greece’s airspace with drones, Athens has deployed Israeli air defenses.
@AriCicurel
argues that the US should seek to expand its partnerships with
#Greece
and Israel to bolster their counter-drone capabilities.
Cyprus has fulfilled the necessary conditions for
@POTUS
to lift the US arms embargo on it: (1) working on anti-money laundering and (2) ending port visits by Russian ships. It is time for America to provide this important partner with US-made weaponry.
NEW: The Biden admin's abrupt decision in Jan to withdraw support for the EastMed Pipeline, which would deliver Israeli & Cypriot natural gas to Europe via Greece upon completion in 2025, has been proven misguided following Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
Read
@JCB_Ruhe
&
@AriCicurel
in
@TheNatlInterest
: Russia’s brutal aggression in Ukraine is transforming transatlantic security. Fortunately, the US & Europe have a readily available asset in Alexandroupolis to ensure the alliance can meet these challenges.
NEW Report: Alexandroupolis offers unique opportunities for US-Greece cooperation to reduce Europe’s dangerous reliance on Russian energy, bolster NATO force posture in the contested EastMed, Balkans & Black Sea, and ensure continued Ukrainian food exports
Now that the Biden admin has lifted the ban on selling US arms to Cyprus, America can help deter Russian & Turkish aggression in the EastMed by arming this vital partner with US-made weaponry, argue
@AriCicurel
and VADM Mark Fox (ret) in
@TheHillOpinion
.
We applaud
@NikkiHaley
’s strong stance against Iran getting a nuclear weapon and her support for ensuring Israel can stop that from happening if necessary. JINSA has argued the US needs a Plan B for Iran, including providing Israel with vital KC-46s + PGMs
On May 31, SFRC Chairman
@SenatorMenendez
called for the full removal of the “anachronistic” arms embargo, which he said would allow Cyprus to “ultimately modernize its defense capabilities and further integrate with EU and U.S.”
🚨WATCH: JINSA Distinguished Fellow and retired IDF Major General Yaakov Amidror in a heated exchange with
@AJEnglish
’s
@marclamonthill
over whether or not Israel controls Gaza’s border with Egypt. HINT: Israel doesn’t.
As Iran prepares to cross the nuclear threshold, JINSA is proud to organize this letter in
@thehill
today by 44 US military leaders calling for the US to “immediately provide Israel with the advanced weapons it needs to deter and prevent a nuclear Iran.”
Following Hamas’s 10/7 terrorist attacks, expedited delivery of KC-46A aerial refueling tankers to Israel would send a strong message of deterrence to the regime in Iran. Kudos to
@RepPfluger
& the Mach 1 Caucus for calling on
@SecDef
Austin to act swiftly to ensure Israel…
TODAY: JINSA Pres. & CEO
@MichaelMakovsky
and Gettler Delegation meet with Gen. Konstantinos Floros (
@hndgspio
), Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff. The Gettler Delegation is currently on a fact-finding mission in Athens.
The Biden administration has finalized and announced an exchange with Iran that will see the release of five U.S. hostages in exchange for five Iranian prisoners and the $6 billion in frozen funds. Here's how it stacks up to prior prisoner deals.
In light of the Ukraine conflict and Turkey’s unreliability as an ally,
@PrimeministerGR
's trip to the US is an opportunity to fast-track
#Greece
becoming an EU energy hub and enhance US force deployments in Greece, according to
@JCB_Ruhe
and
@AriCicurel
:
The admin should reverse its decision, commit itself to studying the most effective means to transport Eastern Med energy to Europe, and clarify its support for the region’s peaceful energy development as a critical pillar of European energy security and transatlantic security.
NEW NatSec Brief: U.S. leadership is urgently needed to maximize the benefits of
#Greece
#Cyprus
#Israel
#Egypt
energy cooperation and reduce EU dependence on Russian natural gas.
JINSA was honored to meet with the Chief of the Hellenic General Staff,
@ChiefHNDGS
General Floros, to discuss advancing the U.S.-Greece defense partnership
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Με τον Πρόεδρο & Διευθύνοντα Σύμβουλο
@MichaelMakovsky
& εκπροσώπους
@jinsadc
ανταλλάξαμε απόψεις για #Ασφαλεια #Σταθεροτητα στον Ευρώ-Ατλαντικό χώρο και στην Μεσόγειο, για πόλεμο στην 🇺🇦 καθώς & για θέματα Στρατηγικής, Δυνατοτήτων & Συνεργασιών 🇬🇷 🇨🇾 🇮🇱 🇺🇸
In 2019, the US designated the IRGC as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. It’s time the UK, Canada, India, and Australia do the same. Kudos to
@RepTenney
&
@RepSchneider
for leading bipartisan letters to these leaders urging them to designate the IRGC.
Cyprus canceled Russian naval visits to its ports after Putin's invasion of Ukraine. There have been no visits by Russian ships to Cyprus since November 2021, and it blocked access to one of its ports in March.
The Biden team is pursuing an "informal, unwritten" nuclear and hostage deal with Iran, but it's denying any such agreement in order to avoid revealing its contents to Congress and the American public, as detailed in a new JINSA NatSec Brief.
New legislation from
@SenJoniErnst
&
@MichaelGWaltz
would bar the Biden admin from implementing an Iran nuclear deal until it can certify to Congress that Iran has not engaged in assassination plots on Americans in 5 years. Story via
@Kredo0
@FreeBeacon
.
@USTreasury
should take immediate steps to help deliver internet access to the Iranian people as they protest the regime’s oppression. Kudos to
@RepTenney
and
@RepMalinowski
for leading this effort.
🚨As the regime in Iran again violently cracks down on the rights of its citizens, I led a bipartisan letter w/
@RepMalinowski
calling on
@USTreasury
to do everything in its power to help the Iranian people stay connected to the Internet.
JINSA applauds the Biden admin’s decision to end the ban on the sale of US arms to Cyprus. As
@AriCicurel
argued earlier this year, Washington should quickly provide Cyprus with US weaponry to help it maintain stability in the EastMed
Congratulations to Israel and the UAE on their historic announcement opening diplomatic relations. In 2018, JINSA was honored to host Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer and UAE Ambassador Yousef al-Otaiba at our annual dinner.
The Biden administration should make a determination that
#Cyprus
has fulfilled its obligations under Sec. 1250A of the FY2020 NDAA, as argued in this JINSA NatSec Brief from
@AriCicurel
Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds is a true American hero. Thank you to
@MarshaBlackburn
and her congressional colleagues for their leadership on this important initiative.
"Biden's new Iran deal would lift sanctions on the very organizations raising bounties to kill Americans," JINSA fellow
@GLNoronha
told
@Kredo0
@FreeBeacon
. "That will help Iran raise the funds to kill American dissidents and officials."
#JCPOA
In
@Rob_Malley
's testimony today, he argues that
#Iran
’s recent history of aggression is evidence that maximum pressure failed – in reality, Iran's malign activity has had its largest increases during periods of diplomatic engagement.
U.S. should build up military capabilities in crucial Eastern Mediterranean region, especially Greece, to address
#security
challenges there & project power more effectively in nearby regions, JINSA says in new report released today:
Greece correctly supported Israel's right to defend itself, while Turkish President Erdogan and Qatar sided with the Hamas murderers. Saudi Arabia also equivocated as did the UAE, until the latter released a better statement recognizing that Hamas targeted Israeli civilians.
Iran repeatedly responds to U.S. concessions with more aggression. Reentering the Iran deal would be be an enormous reward for Iran’s dangerous behavior. Our latest report explains how giving up more leverage to Iran makes Middle East war more likely:
Two days ago,
@SecBlinken
testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and repeated
@StateDeptSpox
misleading and inaccurate claims about Iranian aggression being a result only of the US withdrawal from JCPOA and putting IRGC on FTO list.
12 Bipartisan Senators have sent an important letter to President Biden calling on the administration to enforce U.S. oil sanctions on Iran and enable the Homeland Security Investigations office that helps seize this illicit source of terror funding.
The House of Representatives nearly unanimously passed a resolution in support of the human rights of Iranians! Thanks to
@RepTenney
,
@RepJoshG
and
@RepMcCaul
for their leadership. 1/2
Last week, JINSA had the privilege of hosting a
@DefenceCyprus
delegation with Cypriot Defense Minister
@PetridesCh
, discussing steps to strengthen U.S. security ties with
#Cyprus
.
Congratulations to Bahrain, Israel, & Trump admin for their historic announcement today. Israel is our closest ally in the region & Bahrain hosts our Navy's 5th Fleet. The admin's promotion of peace between Israel & Gulf states will pay huge dividends for US national security.
“As career American military leaders…we oppose this emerging deal that is…threatening the American homeland and the very existence of America’s regional allies,” write 46 generals and admirals in JINSA letter.
Instead of a dangerous deal, 46 generals & admirals urge “diplomacy that would genuinely end the threat posed by Iran’s military nuclear program and counter Iran’s regional aggression, backed up by credibly drawn and enforced redlines.”
"Without long-overdue leadership from Washington,
#Turkey
’s aggression will deepen threats to US national security."
Read JINSA CEO
@MichaelMakovsky
and Policy Advisor Svante Cornell's latest:
JINSA CEO & President
@MichaelMakovsky
on the halting of the F-35 sale to the UAE:
Pausing F-35 sales risks sending all the wrong messages to the region. (THREAD)
Turkey continues to antagonize its neighbors in the Eastern Mediterranean, and its aggressive regional policy may lead to armed conflict. Turkey is no long-term partner. The EU and America should remain wary of this fact.
Halting the sale of F-35s to the UAE endangers the success of the Abraham Accords. Read JINSA CEO & Pres.
@MichaelMakovsky
and Gen. Chuck Wald USAF (ret.), discussing the linkage between the recent peace deals and the F-35 sale.
NatSec Brief from
@GLNoronha
:
@POTUS
reportedly plans to lift 170+ sanctions on Iran by executive order before submitting a deal to Congress. Congress should codify existing executive orders on Iran or broaden INARA to keep them under congressional review:
To our allies, it suggests the US may refrain from consummating the recent Israel-Arab peace deals and supporting a militarily capable united front against Iran.
THREAD: Ahead of
@USEnvoyIran
Rob Malley’s public briefing tomorrow before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, JINSA has prepared questions
@SenateForeign
@SFRCdems
should seek answers to:
This will also place an obstacle of further Israeli-Arab deals. And to Iran, it suggests the new administration is afraid of crossing the Tehran regime -- a bad sign for the US posture in negotiations to re-join the nuclear deal.
The Biden administration has a lot of explaining to do about their new "understanding" with Iran. Congress must demand that INARA is followed and any agreement with the regime in Iran must be submitted to Congress for review.
@RepMcCaul
@HouseForeignGOP
When the pandemic hit last year and shuttered his casinos, Mr. Adelson still paid his thousands of employees their wages and health benefits, and even covered their lost income from tips.
UN sanctions on Iran's missile and drone programs expire in October. The Biden administration should urgently work with the E3 to initiate the snapback mechanism. The clock is ticking. Thank you
@RepTenney
and
@RepJoshG
.
@jinsadc
CEO & Pres.
@MichaelMakovsky
meets with Chief of the Hellenic Navy (
@hndgspio
), Vice Admiral Stylianos Petrakis, as part of JINSA’s Gettler Delegation fact-finding trip to Greece.
In exchange for giving Iran billions in cash, this "not-a-deal" fails to curtail Iran's remarkable recent nuclear expansions or its support for Russian aggression and imposes no costs if Tehran violates this one-sided ceasefire, as seen in a new JINSA infographic.
JINSA CEO & President
@MichaelMakovsky
: “[Halting the F-35 sales] risks signaling that [the Biden Admin] is afraid of crossing the Tehran regime, which is opposite of what it should be doing as it considers how to approach the Iran nuclear issue.”
JINSA is thrilled to announce
@GLNoronha
has joined our Gemunder Center for Defense as a Fellow. A former
@StateDept
official and SASC staffer, Gabriel expands our expertise to include sanctions analysis & deepens our insights into congressional & diplomatic proceedings on
#Iran
.
Watch opening remarks from today’s JINSA webinar w/Greek Foreign Minister
@NikosDendias
on U.S.-Greece security ties & Eastern Mediterranean security. Featured speakers: Minister Dendias & JINSA President & CEO
@MichaelMakovsky
.
Read
@jinsadc
Board of Advisors member, Retired Marine Lt. Gen. Richard Natonski, discuss Iran's sponsorship of terrorism and what the Biden Administration should be wary of in its efforts at diplomacy with Tehran.
2/ After years of breakthroughs, U.S. equivocation and Turkish/Hezbollah aggression threaten to sap the transformative potential of East Med energy. The U.S. should reverse course and help its regional partners shoulder the burden.
"The administration’s Iran policy has reached a dangerous dead end,” write JINSA's John Hannah &
@MichaelMakovsky
.
"Congress should now pressure
@POTUS
to pivot to a realistic, tough-minded Plan B," leveraging all elements of U.S. power.
#IranDeal
On this week’s UN report raising “serious concerns regarding the compliance of Israel with...international humanitarian law,”
@RepTenney
and JINSA CEO
@MichaelMakovsky
write: “there is neither truth nor legal basis for such claims.” Via
@Newsweek
Today, JINSA issued an open letter signed by U.S. law enforcement leaders in solidarity with American Jews. This follows a sharp rise of antisemitism in our own country following the Hamas terror attacks on 10/7.
3/ Appointing a U.S. Special Envoy for the
#EastMed
is a good first step to reinforce our allies’ efforts to bolster regional stability and boost energy exports in the face of growing threats from
#Turkey
and
#Hezbollah
.
HAPPENING NOW: Webinar on Azerbaijan-Armenia Fighting with Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to the U.S., His Excellency Elin Suleymanov and JINSA Policy Advisor Svante Cornell.
In contrast to mistaken airstrikes by the US & NATO, after the Israeli strike that killed 7 World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza, Israel quickly admitted its mistake, investigated & held accountable those responsible by disciplining 3 soldiers, including firing 2 of them.
It’s been more than a month since Biden administration first said there were “weeks, not months” left for Iran to reenter the JCPOA. These predictable and unfulfilled warnings merely encourage Tehran to drag out talks, advance its nuclear program and accrue more leverage.
One day after the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, Hamas’s multi-pronged attack by air, land, and sea against Israel marks an unprecedented escalation by the Iran-backed terrorists, argue
@AriCicurel
,
@JOlidort
,
@JonathanHaroun1
, &
@ZacSchildcrout
.
Former commander of the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command Sam Mundy, who participated in JINSA’s 2022 Generals and Admirals Program, writes in
@ForeignPolicy
: Gulf States and Israel Should Form a Rapid Response Force
“Malley’s approach was to offer Iran concessions up-front in the form of (suspending) sanctions in an attempt to build goodwill, and he rejected the notion that pressure would generate more leverage,"
@GLNoronha
told
@CNN
.
@NadeenEbrahim9
@_ebethwells
Thank you, Ambassador
@NikkiHaley
, for your endorsement, terrific work at the UN, and continuing to be a leading voice for a strong American national security posture.
Biden has already made us look weak to the world. The last thing we need to do is reward Iran with a deal as it spreads terrorism around the region.
Thank you to JINSA for calling out the madness.
Palestinian terrorists have launched unprovoked and unprecedented infiltration and rocket attacks against Israel. Terrorists have already fired roughly 3,000 rockets into Israel today, more than it has ever faced in a single day and nearing the total from the 12-day 2021 and…
JINSA Gettler Delegation, led by JINSA CEO & Pres.
@MichaelMakovsky
, meets with Minister of Hellenic National Defense, Mr. Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos (
@npanagioto
).
JINSA is pleased to announce that
@AmbDermer
, one of the most influential Israeli ambassadors to the United States ever to serve, has joined us as a Non-Resident Distinguished Fellow at our Gemunder Center for Defense and Strategy.
"Best would be for the United States to focus on consistently checking Turkish aggression and the spread of the Muslim Brotherhood, both of which threaten stability, moderation, and energy security in the
#EasternMediterranean
from
#Libya
to
#Egypt
and from
#Syria
to
#Qatar
."
Even if there remain ways to mitigate the impact on Israel's QME, the US shouldn't be selling F-35s to Qatar. The regime's ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, Iran, and Turkey should be disqualifying enough. Read the latest from
@JCB_Ruhe
and
@AriCicurel
:
Read JINSA's latest NatSec brief on Israel's continued lack of oversight over Chinese investment into critical Israeli industries. Despite relations growing warmer between Israel and China, Israel should approach Beijing with increased skepticism.
The Iran nuclear deal failed to live up to the Obama administration's promises. No reason to think re-entering the same deal will lead to different results. See our latest report for why -->
"There are many immediate issues at play behind the tremendous historic signing of peace accords...perhaps among the least appreciated is the Trump administration’s role in creating a conducive environment for it."-
@jinsadc
Pres. & CEO
@MichaelMakovsky
President Biden's de-escalation strategy with Iran is backfiring as Tehran edges closer to a nuclear weapon, JINSA Fellow
@GLNoronha
tells
@FoxNews
'
@BenWeinthal
No one should romanticize the monarchy. But it is hard to look at pictures of the economic and social progress being made in the 1970s, especially by Iranian women, and not be pained by the repression, violence, and immiseration inflicted by the current regime (3/7)
In a statement, JINSA President and CEO
@michaelmakovsky
stressed that: “These parliamentarians may represent the cruelty of this regime, but they certainly do not represent the millions of Iranian women and men yearning for freedom.”
“The Countdown to an Israeli War With Iran Has Begun” – Read this take on the risks of an
@JoeBiden
return to the Iran nuke deal that disregards Israeli concerns, from JINSA senior fellow John Hannah:
In contrast to
@POTUS
's trip this month promoting security in the Middle East, Putin's meetings in Iran with Raisi and Erdogan will enable their countries to further destabilize the region.
Suleymanov: If we want to see a peace agreement, the only way is to maintain the trust of both sides. What we need is not just ceasefire, but the next solution to the conflict. There is only one solution— withdrawal of Armenia from occupied territory.
Iran continues to rely on the brutal repression of its people to stifle discontent due to its gross economic mismanagement and massive expenditures on destabilizing proxy activities. Suppression of free speech, arbitrary imprisonment & torture have become pillars of the regime 7/
More curious is the case of the Iranian oil-laden tanker seized by
#Greece
. The combo of Iranian oil on a Kremlin connected tanker headed to a Turkish port demonstrates how U.S. adversaries and frenemies are increasingly interconnected, requiring a more concerted U.S. response.
🔥🔥🔥 from
@AmbDermer
on Iran deal: "I didn't go to Harvard but apparently if you go there you'll learn why giving people who hate you and want to kill you hundreds of billions of dollars is a good idea and is going to make you safer"
#JINSA2018
Next week, JINSA's VP of Govt Affairs,
@morganlroach
, will speak at
@NUFDIran
's
#IranConference
, alongside Washington's leading analysts, policymakers, experts, and activists to discuss tangible steps the West can take to support the people of Iran.
Mr. Adelson was the personification of the American success story. A grandson of a coal miner and son of Jewish immigrants from Ukraine, he grew up in a two-room apartment in Boston in genuine poverty.
2 years ago, U.S. boldly countered Iranian aggression by taking out Soleimani. But deterrence has badly atrophied since. Read
@MichaelMakovsky
on need for a stronger U.S. policy, incl. working with Israel: