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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).

Israelis have held their tongues for decades, hoping that when the big, Iranian existential threat is upon them that the Americans will come through.
We are in complete denial if we believe that the nuclear threat is just about the Jewish state. Tehran has been in the business of deeply expanding its hegemonic empire into the Western hemisphere and replicating the pincer grasp it has established around Israel.
Just because the United States is tired of addressing the many challenges in the region doesn’t mean those problems will simply disappear.
And tactfully inform the U.S. president and secretary of state that negotiating “a longer, stronger deal” with Iran is clearly impossible.
The United States of America is now telegraphing feebleness in bold print to all of our enemies.
People are being heard in Tehran chanting, “Shame! Khomeini, let go of this country!” And, “Mullahs, get lost!”
Why is the blood and the pain of Palestinian children redder than the blood and pain of Israeli children? Why are there no human-interest stories about Israeli suffering?
Many people are debating whether it was Israel or Hamas that prevailed in these latest hostilities. The tragedy is that neither side won, and both sides suffer.
My daughter has tried to make the sealed room a sanctuary of peace and comfort for her two young daughters. After all, she knows that the harsh reality of hatred will hit them soon enough.
The Russians, as well as their Chinese “frenemies,” see America’s retreat from the region as an opportunity to swoop in, fill the void and flex their muscles.
Iran has felt emboldened and empowered to colonialize the Middle East with its proxy, terrorist armies stretching from Tehran to Baghdad, to Damascus to Beirut, and all the way to the Mediterranean.
If we are going to be outraged about human rights, then our outrage should extend to the entire region.