Israel & Gaza
Research & Policy Advocacy
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Has Israel followed the law in its war in Gaza? The U.S. is due to render a first-of-its-kind verdict
May 8, 2024
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Arming Genocide? New Report Documents Use of U.S. Arms in Israeli War Crimes
April 26, 2024
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Israel Violating US and International Law, Ex Officials Say
April 24, 2024
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Independent Task Force to Announce Findings on Israeli Compliance with International Law and National Security Memorandum-20
April 24, 2024
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Biden-Gaza Genocide Case: Constitutional and International Law Scholars, Ex-Diplomats, Service Members, and Intelligence Officers Back Palestinians’ Appeal
March 15, 2024
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Report of the Independent Task Force on National Security Memorandum-20 Regarding Israel
April 24, 2024
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Wes J. Bryant on the Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 118th Congress, Second Edition, Vol. 170, No. 24
February 9, 2024
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THE HILL
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THE HILL
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WES J. BRYANT
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Related Interviews
PBS | FRONTLINE
Wes J. Bryant contributed to this immersive investigation by PBS Frontline and The Washington Post into the impact of U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran’s nuclear program uses rare on-the-ground access in Iran and in-depth forensic analysis.
THE WASHINGTON REPORT
Wes J. Bryant joins Rana Abtar on The Washington Report on Bloomberg’s Asharq الشرق News to talk about Gaza, the ceasefire, and recent efforts toward peace…
Wes J. Bryant with Reuters on the comprehensive investigation into an August 25 strike on Nasser hospital in Gaza that killed 22 civilians including journalists, doctors, nurses, and other civil defense responders…
Wes J. Bryant in a live interview on @BBCNews to discuss the disturbing investigation into the shooting of Palestinian children by Israeli soldiers in Gaza….
Wes J. Bryant joins @BBC Newsday to discuss the significant BBC investigation into child shootings by the Israel Defense Forces in Gaza….
Wes J. Bryant joins Voice of America's Indonesian broadcast to discuss the near unbridled supply of U.S. munitions to Israel even as the Israeli military continues to massacre Palestinian civilians en masse...
Wes J. Bryant joins UK's Channel 4 News to discuss the continued Palestinian civilian deaths as a direct result of U.S.-provided munitions to Israel in the war in Gaza...
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wes J. Bryant in a press release in Washington, D.C. with fellow members of the Independent Task Force on the Application of National Security Memorandum-20 to Israel discussing their analysis of U.S. security assistance, human rights, international law, and military best practices and Israel’s violations of international law and human rights in Gaza.
Wes J. Bryant joints CNN’s Jim Sciutto to discuss Iran’s retaliatory barrage of missile strikes against Israel, and U.S. and Israeli joint actions…
Wes J. Bryant speaks with CNN’s Michael Holmes on Israel's recent strike on a World Central Kitchen humanitarian aid convoy. He discusses how a pervading culture of negligence and indifference toward civilian harm increases the probability of these kinds of tragedies and the strategic and moral implications of the overall IDF strike campaign in Gaza…
The Israeli military dismissed two officers and reprimanded three more senior officers it said were responsible for the killing of seven World Central Kitchen aid workers earlier this week. Nick Schifrin speaks with Wes Bryant as Monday's attack puts even greater scrutiny on Israel’s tactics in Gaza…
Chef José Andrés says his World Central Kitchen charity's team in the Gaza Strip appears to have been deliberately targeted by the Israeli military with deadly airstrikes earlier this week. The IDF and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have called the airstrikes the kind of mistake that happens in war. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams has commentary from Wes Bryant on the strike…
Following Israel's deadly strike on aid workers in Gaza and the international outrage it caused, Nick Schifrin has views from Wes Bryant, a retired U.S. Air Force joint terminal attack controller who called in air strikes and led strike planning cells, and retired Israeli Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus who commanded IDF forces in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip…