Misgav Institute for National Security

The Misgav Institute for National Security is very happy to announce that John Spencer has joined the institute’s highly-distinguished International Advisory Council.

John Spencer is an award-winning scholar, professor, author, combat veteran, and military analyst. An internationally recognized authority on modern warfare and military strategy, he is widely regarded as one of the world's leading experts on urban warfare.

Spencer is co-founder and Executive Director of the Urban Warfare Institute. He served as the Chair of Urban Warfare Studies at the Modern War Institute at West Point, co-director of the Urban Warfare Project, and host of the Urban Warfare Project podcast. He is also Chair of War Studies at the Madison Policy Forum, and a founding member of the International Working Group on Subterranean Warfare.

During his U.S. Army career, he served as an advisor to the Army's senior four-star general and other senior leaders spanning the Pentagon and West Point. Since retiring from the Army, he has continued to advise senior military leaders, heads of state, and militaries around the world.

Spencer has been one of the leading voices countering the distortions and lies in the international arena regarding Israel’s military campaigns against Hamas, Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations. The Misgav Institute looks forward to benefiting from Spencer’s expertise and experience as part of its research and recommendations on national security, modern warfare, and the fight against terror and radical regimes.

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​Reports suggest that if given the opportunity to join a new government, he would publicly acknowledge Hamas as a terror organization.

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​Jotam Confino: Netanyahu is currently in a difficult position, as Trump appears to be backing off from relaunching the Iran war.

​It would be wise not to go to war with Iran without clear US approval, especially with a rival coalition attempting to form a government.

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The political hypocrisy around the Haredi draft. 🤨

​Eugene Kontorovich: We were long told that exempting the Haredim from the military draft was a "national security disaster" and the "end of Israel".

​Yet, the opposition is willing to bring Haredi parties into their coalition by promising them that exact same exemption because the Supreme Court won't veto an exemption if it comes from the change bloc.

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Making concessions to anti-Israel actors in Congress will not buy security. 🚨

​Eugene Kontorovich: Israel’s biggest security challenge going forward will be the growing anti-Israel sentiment in the U.S. that threatens to restrict weapon supplies.

​It is naive to believe that replacing Netanyahu will automatically diffuse this tension.

​There are ascendant elements in the Democratic Party that are fundamentally anti-Israel. Forming a new government won't cure this hostility.

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