A report on the 2014 Gaza War was released this month by the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA), a pro-Israel think tank. The report contains observations, implications, and recommendations regarding the war last summer between Israel and terrorist group Hamas. However, the report never calls Hamas a “terrorist group,” nor does it mention Hamas’s use of human shields, which is strange, because that is a common tactic of the militant group.

Retired U.S. Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey Corn, a Presidential Research Professor at South Texas College of Law, advised the task force. According to Corn, this report is from a strictly military perspective. As the report states, “Future, and perhaps even ongoing, conflicts will match the U.S. military against adversaries employing Hamas’s unlawful tactics that increase civilian casualties so as to undermine the legitimacy of U.S. military operations.” Which enemies might do so is not known.