Israel’s Firm Grip on Yenín: Preventing a Terrorist Stronghold at America’s Security Frontier

In the rugged hills of northern West Bank lies the once-bustling Yenín refugee camp, now reduced to rubble and ghostly silence under Israel's ironclad military watch. What was home to nearly 20,000 Palestinian residents has been evacuated, its streets patrolled by Israeli forces determined not to allow a return to conditions that bred terrorism. On January 21, 2025, Israel launched Operation 'Iron Wall'—its largest campaign in Cisjordania since the Second Intifada—targeting Yenín alongside Tulkarem and Nur Shams camps. The operation displaced some 40,000 Palestinians in a decisive strike against terror infrastructure deeply embedded within these communities. Can America Afford Instability...