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Over 75 senior retired 🇺🇸U.S. generals, admirals, and military lawyers have signed a new open letter rejecting claims that Israel committed genocide in Gaza.
The signatories include those who have commanded U.S. armed forces in combat, applying the laws of armed conflict.
Their conclusion: based on the facts and applicable legal standard, the conduct of Israel’s war against Hamas does not constitute genocide.
As the letter states, “Civilian deaths occurring during combat, however tragic, are insufficient, by themselves, to support a finding of genocidal intent.”
The standards used to judge military conduct matter precisely because war is tragic and imperfect.
“The precedent established today regarding Israel will shape the conditions under which American forces fight tomorrow. Protecting civilians and preserving the ability of our nation to defend itself requires us to defend the truth when the laws of war are being distorted to make false charges of genocide.”
This is not an argument for minimizing the suffering of civilians. It is an argument for applying the law faithfully and maintaining the distinctions that matter: between the tragic consequences of war, violations of the laws of armed conflict, and the specific crime of genocide.
Read the full open letter here: jinsa.org/open-letter-from-m…
President Trump's oil blockade is having a significant economic effect. Could the U.S. be preparing new strikes that might topple the Iranian regime?
JINSA's VADM Robert Harward to @LelandVittert: “From all my contacts in Iran, it's pretty dire,” the regime is “in bad shape.”
Tracking the latest military movements by the U.S. and Israel, @MichaelMakovsky tells @StephanieCNews:
“All the signals are pointing to… some significant military action [against Iran].”
@livenowfox
Hamas was probably not the audience @Jeep was targeting with their “Go Anywhere, Do Anything” campaign.
⛰️ The report is coauthored by the man who commanded Israel's counter-tunnel operations post-Oct. 7.
It also features photos of subterranean Hezbollah facilities and Hamas holding cells and tunnels in Rafah big enough to drive a Jeep through.
@axios axios.com/2026/10/20/idf-und…
For more on the report, check out our thread 👇
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Iran may be taunting President Trump over gas prices, but Tehran shouldn’t assume it will escape further U.S. strikes.
“While Trump is unpredictable, there are certainly signs that he might hit Iran hard” after the midterms, says @MichaelMakovsky in @nytimes. nytimes.com/2026/10/20/us/po…
Just as Ukraine’s battlefield experience has accelerated advances in drone warfare, Israel’s sustained combat against Hamas and Hezbollah has produced hard-won lessons in detecting, mapping, and neutralizing sophisticated underground networks.
Fortunately, like Ukraine, Israel now has dozens of high-tech inventions + lessons for combating tunnel threats.
The United States should study Israel’s setbacks and successes, and deepen bilateral subterranean warfare R&D, training, intel sharing, and other cooperation. 8/
The U.S. needs a new defense playbook for underground threats – and this one-of-a-kind report spells out what it must include.
Full report available here:
9/9 jinsa.org/jinsa_report/subte…
Check out our one-of-a-kind report with the former commander of Israel’s elite Yahalom combat engineering special forces unit.
He led Israel’s counter-tunnel and subterranean warfare operations after October 7.
@Demarest_colin with the scoop in Axios.
Exclusive: What Israel's underground war can teach other militaries axios.com/2026/10/20/idf-und…
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Thank you, Quincy. I was forwarded your latest piece on JINSA. Like the Biblical pagan seer Balaam, you intended to curse us but ended up praising us.
We appreciate your citing some of our many accomplishments.
JINSA is very proud to work with many highly respected U.S. generals and admirals--who have dedicated their lives to protecting America--in advancing U.S. national security.🇺🇸
The Houthi threat to Saudi Arabia is a threat to global commerce—countering it requires regional cooperation.
@MichaelMakovsky urges Riyadh to work with Israel, the UAE and America to confront the Houthis: “There has to be an international coalition.”
via @JerusalemPost jpost.com/middle-east/articl…
