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Sarah N. Stern

Sarah N. Stern

Sarah N. Stern is the founder and president of the Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET), a think tank that specializes in the Middle East. She is the author of Saudi Arabia and the Global Terrorist Network (2011).

Even before the tragic explosions that rocked Beirut on Aug. 4, the country’s economy has been in rapid freefall.
Iran and China are sworn enemies of the United States, and neither can be trusted when it comes to Israel’s national security interests.
The Israelis (or whoever might be responsible) for a series of explosions at power plants in Iran are correct to be worried—and to know that there’s no time like the present.
Many other variations set along the same basic themes have been offered: Oslo II, the Hebron Accords, the Wye River Memorandum, the “road map for peace.” The same set of conditions was continuously placed upon the Palestinians, all almost entirely ignored.
Freedom takes the ability to look squarely into the face of evil and to acknowledge that we have no choice but to confront that evil.
Israel is careful to avoid a direct conflict with the Shi’ite force in southern Lebanon, and Hezbollah is well aware of Israel’s massive artillery power. They therefore now play a “cat and mouse game.”
Far too many “human-rights” organizations are guilty of promulgating the oldest hatred known to humankind: anti-Semitism, a virus that has endured a great deal longer than COVID-19.
Those who are predisposed to paranoia seek a scapegoat. And the time-proven victims have been the Jews.
What has changed the mind of the president of Columbia University regarding the pervasive atmosphere of anti-Semitism that so many Jewish and pro-Israel students have been complaining about for years?
The United States provides aircraft, artillery, small arms and ammunition to the Lebanese Armed Forces. This paradigm of “arms for influence” is a total failure, and it’s long past time to dispose of it.
After continually walking away from the negotiating table and resorting to violence, they have come to the point where their bad behavior will not be rewarded. They will have to learn that Israel is here to stay.
If the Iranian regime feels that the world is not paying attention, then they will get away with many more years of the repression and terror they inflict not only on their people, but upon the rest of the world.