Israel strikes back after Jerusalem rocket attack

• Militant groups had fired at least 200 rockets into Israel.
• 15 militants have been killed in strikes by jets and unmanned drones.
• Hamas claimed responsibility for the rocket attack after a series of violent clashes between Palestinians and police.
• Israel's army on Monday said it launched airstrikes on Gaza in response to rockets fired by Hamas militants after hundreds of Palestinians were hurt in clashes with Israeli police at a religious site in Jerusalem.
• Israeli authorities said 30 police officers were injured Monday.
• Hamas had threatened Israel earlier in the day that it would launch the rockets due to the ongoing clashes in Jerusalem.

Gregg Roman
Dir. Middle East Forum 

• Director of The Middle East Forum
• Served as director of the Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh.
• In 2014 named one of the ten most inspiring global Jewish leaders by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
• Served as the political advisor to the deputy foreign minister of Israel and worked for the Israeli Ministry of Defense.
• Frequent speaker at venues around the world, often appears on television, and has written for the Hill, the Forward, the Albany Times-Union, and other publications.
• Attended American University in Washington, D.C., and the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) in Herzliya, Israel, where he studied national security studies and political communications.

Countering Iran's Growing Drone Threat

• The drone threat is setting off alarms at the Pentagon.

• Iran is rapidly becoming a drone power in the Middle East.

• How did we get to the point where adversaries of the U.S. are fielding unmanned aircraft that can threaten the wealthiest, most powerful military in the world?

• America's government and its defense industry already work closely with Israel on air-defense systems such as Israel's Iron Dome.