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The Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA), formerly named the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is a Washington, D.C.–based, non-profit and think tank.<ref>John Mearsheimer, Stephen Walt, The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy, Penguin Books 2007 pp.117,130-1,176 </ref><ref>Dan Fleshler, Transforming America's Israel Lobby: The Limits of Its Power and the Potential for Change, Potomac Books 2011 Template:Isbn p.142</ref>

HistoryEdit

JINSA was founded in 1976, three years after the Yom Kippur War.<ref name="Ouster" /> JINSA's founding, according to Jason Vest, writing in The Nation, was prompted by "neoconservatives concerned that the United States might not be able to provide Israel with adequate military supplies in the event of another Arab-Israeli war."<ref name=vest/>

JINSA since expanded its portfolio to cover not only Israel-U.S. relations, but general American national security policy as well.<ref name= Salary />

In the late 1980s, JINSA underwent a profound repurposing of mission which, although retaining the interest in maintaining and strengthening the U.S.–Israeli defense relationship, widened its focus to general U.S. defense and foreign policy, with missions and meetings with national leaders and officials Ethiopia, Belgium, South Korea, India, Bulgaria, Italy, the Republic of China, Uzbekistan, Costa Rica, Spain, Eritrea, Jordan, the People's Republic of China, Hungary, United Kingdom and Germany.Template:Citation needed

Shoshana Bryen was JINSA's executive director from 1989 to 1991. She was credited with transforming JINSA from a small think tank into a major player in the conservative scene in Washington, D.C. Tom Neumann became executive director in 1991, serving until 2012.<ref name="Ouster" /> Larry Greenfield was named executive director in 2012.<ref name="Greenfield">Template:Cite news</ref> Scholar Michael Makovsky joined as CEO and executive director in 2023 from the Bipartisan Policy Center, where he was director of foreign policy from 2006 to 2013.<ref name="Salary">Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2012, JINSA launched the Latino-Jewish Alliance to engage the U.S. Latino community on Israeli defense and security topics.<ref name="Ouster" />

Policy positionsEdit

One of JINSA's main goals is to cement strong military cooperation between Israel and the United States by working with the American defense establishment.<ref name="Ouster" /> It emphasizes strong U.S. military capabilities and close military cooperation between Israel and the United States.<ref name="Greenfield" />

JINSA is considered one of the most prominent and leading conservative think tanks, known for its hawkish foreign policy views.<ref name="Ouster"/><ref name="Salary" /> The group is non-partisan and includes Republicans and Democrats on its advisory board.<ref name="Ouster">Template:Cite news</ref>

Since 2018, JINSA has advocated for a U.S.-Israel mutual defense pact.<ref name="pact">Template:Cite news</ref> In July 2019, JINSA created a draft treaty,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> which was discussed during a December 2019 meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed a draft of such an agreement that was originally proposed by JINSA.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In September 2023, JINA renewed its campaign to a defense pact.<ref name="pact" />

On March 20, 2023, JINSA issued an open letter, first appearing in The Hill, signed by 44 retired U.S. generals and admirals calling on the White House and Congress to "immediately provide Israel with the advanced weapons it needs to deter and prevent a nuclear Iran."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

JINSA supported President George W. Bush's policies in two regards, advocating the need for regime change in Iraq, cultivating close ties with Ahmed Chalabi.<ref>Mearsheimer and Walt 2007 p.252</ref> and supporting American funding for opposition groups in Iran.<ref>Mearsheimer and Walt 2007 p.293</ref>

JINSA has supported Azerbaijan in its war against Armenia as a means to weaken Iran, regardless of accusations of ethnic cleansing of Armenians by Azerbaijan (see Flight of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians), nor their genocidal rhetoric towards Armenia. JINSA president Michael Makovsky has stated in a conversation with the Azerbaijani ambassador to the United States: "Whatever it's worth, at JINSA, we believe that America has stronger strategic ties with Azerbaijan."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

ProgramsEdit

JINSA organizes trips of U.S. military officers, retired U.S. military flag and general officers, and students at U.S. military academies to Israel.<ref name="Greenfield" /> In February 2023, a JINSA-organized delegation of 30 U.S. military officers visited Israel Aerospace Industries, one of Israel's largest technology employers.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> According to The Nation,<ref name=vest>Template:Cite magazine</ref> "JINSA facilitates meetings between Israeli officials and the still-influential US flag officers, who, upon their return to the States, happily write op-eds and sign letters and advertisements championing the Likudnik line."

More than 200 retired admirals and generals, including shock and awe theorist Adm. Leon "Bud" Edney, USN, Lt. Gen. Jay Garner, USA, Maj. Gen. David L. Grange, USA, Maj. Gen. Jarvis Lynch, USMC, Maj. Gen. Sidney Shachnow, USA, Adm. Leighton "Snuffy" Smith, USN, Adm. Carlisle Trost, USN and Brig. Gen. Thomas E. White, USA, have participated in the trips over the last 21 years. Participation in the program makes no requirements of the invitees to make statements, form opinions or maintain any further relationship with JINSA, yet many trip alums have participated more than once, and 50 past participants co-authored a statement on violence in the Palestinian-controlled territories that appeared in The New York Times in October 2000.Template:Citation needed

The program also includes activities designed to introduce the cadets and midshipmen to the many cultures that make up Israeli society, and organize visits to historic and religious sites.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Homeland Security ProgramEdit

In 2002 JINSA initiated a program called LEEP (Law Enforcement Exchange Program) aimed at exchanging counter-terrorism experience and tactics between U.S. law enforcement agencies and their counterparts in the Israeli National Police.<ref name="Halper" /> The primary focus of the program is to bring U.S. law enforcement executives (police chiefs, sheriffs, etc.) to Israel for an intensive program aimed at educating U.S. officials on techniques for countering domestic terrorism in the United States.<ref>'JINSA Launches Law Enforcement Exchange,' JINSA September 6, 2002</ref> From 2002 to 2020 over 200 U.S. federal, state, county and municipal law enforcement executives have been enrolled in the program, involving visits to Israel, together with thousands of US security personnel attending conferences where visiting Israeli experts have spoken.<ref>Steven L. Pomerantz, 'I am the architect of the U.S.-Israel police exchange,' The Jewish Chronicle July 1, 2020.</ref> According to Max Blumenthal in his book The Management of Savagery, JINSA has claimed that it has overseen the training of over 9,000 US police officials by Israeli-led experts.<ref name="Blumenthal" >Max Blumenthal The Management of Savagery: How America's National Security State Fueled the Rise of Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Donald Trump, Verso Books, 2019 Template:Isbn p.118.</ref> Blumenthal cited one US enforcement superintendent in 2004 these exchanges changed the way Homeland Security was being organized in New Jersey.<ref name="Blumenthal" /> The US-Israeli anthropologist, Jeff Halper co-founder of ICAHD and supporter of the BDS movement, in an article for Mondoweiss criticized these programmes, as based on military techniques developed to control the Palestinians in the Israeli occupied territories, as threatening to lead to an 'Israelization' of American police forces and a concomitant 'Palestinization' of the American people.<ref name="Halper" >Template:Cite news</ref>

PublicationsEdit

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JINSA presents a Distinguished Service Award in honor of U.S. Senator Henry M. Jackson.

JINSA publishes semi-annual Journal of International Security Affairs.<ref name= Salary /> From 2016 the magazine became a free publication.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> For 22 years, JINSA published Security Affairs – a monthly newsletter. Apart from magazines and newsletters, the institute also publishes conference proceedings and monographs. In 2004, JINSA published a reference book: Profiles in Terror: A Guide to Middle East Terrorist Organizations by Aaron Mannes.

AwardsEdit

Each fall, JINSA presents an annual Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson Distinguished Service Award,<ref>History of the Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson Distinguished Service Award; Jinsa website</ref> named in honor of the late-Senator Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson to U.S. government leaders (generally a senior U.S. Government or Armed Forces official, a Senator or two Members of the United States House of Representatives) for their career dedication to U.S. national security. Past honorees have included: Template:Div col

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In addition, beginning in 2003, JINSA has honored six enlisted representatives of the U.S. Armed Services and U.S. Special Operations Command, each selected by their respective services, with the "Grateful Nation Award" for duty that, while exemplary, might otherwise go unrecognized.Template:Citation needed

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