Special Israel Briefing with Retired Colonel Miri Eisin – August 19, 2025
Standing with Israel. Securing Our Community.
This moment is testing all of us
Military operations in Gaza are ongoing. Hostage negotiations are fragile. Humanitarian needs are rising. And here at home, Jewish communities are facing persistent threats that demand vigilance and coordination.
As challenges persist, this is a time to get engaged, stay grounded, and keep building toward collective resilience—at home and in Israel.
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Exploring a range of perspectives can help bring clarity to a complex moment. We’ve gathered humanitarian, strategic, and journalistic viewpoints to reflect the breadth of thought in our community. These are offered to inform and inspire thoughtful engagement—not to endorse any single position.
Humanitarian & Aid Perspectives
Independent and humanitarian-focused coverage from multiple vantage points
- Humanitarian Aid Concerns in Gaza – Associated Press (AP)
- Experts React: Starvation in Gaza – Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
- Humanitarian Aid in Gaza – What’s Really Happening – American Jewish Committee (AJC)
- Poll: Large Majority of Jewish Israelis: Israel Making Substantial Efforts to Avoid Palestinian Suffering; Majority of Arab Israelis Disagree – Israel Democracy Institute (IDI)
- Infographic: Where Does the Aid Go? – Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) / Israel Defense Forces (IDF)
- Crisis in Gaza: What to Know and How to Help – International Rescue Committee (IRC)
- What’s Happening in Gaza? A Desperate Humanitarian Crisis – British Red Cross
- Heat and thirst drive families in Gaza to drink water that makes them sick – Associated Press (AP)
Security & Regional Strategy
Analyses from Israeli security and policy think tanks; strategic perspective lens
- The Gaza “Starvation” Campaign – An Organized Effort to Discredit Israel – Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security (JISS)
- The Decision of the Lebanese Government to Disarm Hezbollah – Reality or Fantasy? – Israel Defense
- Coming to Terms with the Magnitude of Hamas’s Tunnels – Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)
- How “Day After” Governance of Gaza Can Draw from Existing Plans – The Washington Institute
- The Occupation of the Gaza Strip—Why? – The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)
Media & Global Perspectives
Coverage from mainstream and investigative journalism outlets
- Israelis Are Starting to Talk About Famine in Gaza – The New Yorker
- The Spin Master in Charge of Feeding Gaza – Vox
- The Mathematics of Starvation: How Israel Caused a Famine in Gaza – The Guardian
- Israel and Gaza Need an All-for-All Strategy – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Support for Israel continues to deteriorate, especially among Democrats and young people – Brookings
- AP team brings images of Gaza suffering to the world – The Associated Press
- Israel plans control of Gaza City, escalating war with Hamas – AP News
- Netanyahu to propose full reoccupation of Gaza, Israeli media report – BBC
- The MAGA world was on the side of Israel, now it is split over Gaza – NPR
- U.S. Islamic leaders urge Muslim-majority nations to take action to end Gaza conflict – NPR
- Gaza seems hopeless. Here’s a potential pathway for a 90-day solution – CNN Politics
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