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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).

Antisemitism does not survive without oxygen; it finds oxygen across the political spectrum.
The two-year war not only claimed thousands of lives but resulted in massive displacement and widespread destruction, fundamentally altering the country’s social and political landscape.
The city’s newly elected Democratic Socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, supports the BDS movement and is likely to push an anti-Israel agenda.
Despite the risks involved, Iranian women are quietly challenging social norms and government authority, demonstrating remarkable courage.
In Israel, the joy of reuniting with the hostages has been tempered by a sense of fear for what the future may hold.
Peace cannot be imposed from conference halls in Turtle Bay. It must be built on mutual recognition, security guarantees and a renunciation of violence.
Looking ahead, the fate of Lebanon’s fragile sovereignty hinges on a complex interplay of internal reforms and external pressures.
There is an unmistakable sense that lessons so painfully earned in the past must be heeded with humility now.
International recognition is not a birthright. It’s not awarded for bad behavior. It is earned through responsible governance, peaceful conduct and a demonstrated commitment to coexistence.
When stories are told in fragments, when facts are blurred by urgency or agenda, entire peoples are reduced to caricatures.
For Israelis and ordinary Gazans caught in the crossfire, the result is brutal: When starvation becomes a strategy, peace moves further out of reach.
It must honor and uplift those who defend the nation, regardless of religion or ethnicity, as a matter of national unity and survival.