Endowment for Middle East Truth writer

Sarah N. Stern

Sarah N. Stern is founder and president of the Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET), a pro-Israel and pro-American think tank and policy institute in Washington, D.C.

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Sarah N. SternJanuary 4, 2021
A look back at the ‘Arab Spring,’ 10 years later
For a brief period, the hopeful eyes of the world were watching with aspirations that this might lead to a more open and democratic Middle East, or at least one in which the most entrenched, tyrannical leaders would be overthrown and basic human rights would be established.
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Sarah N. SternDecember 28, 2020
Do progressive groups really want this?
A team of progressives has put forth a list of 100 names to serve in national security and foreign-policy capacities in the Biden White House. If personality equals policy, the pro-Israel community has reason to be concerned.
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Sarah N. SternDecember 11, 2020
How not to negotiate
We have to dispel the illusion in the foreign-policy establishment that a deal, any deal, is the penultimate objective of diplomacy.
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Sarah N. SternNovember 25, 2020
A window to a society’s values
While many cling to the view that the Palestinian issue is merely a human-rights struggle, think for a moment of the families of all of those who have had loved ones murdered by terrorists.
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Sarah N. SternOctober 30, 2020
Beware of Qatari horses bearing gifts
With its seemingly infinite wealth, the Sunni Arab nation has become the chief patron of radical Islamists throughout the world, as it simultaneously has become the most astute influence operator in Washington and throughout Western capitals.
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Sarah N. SternSeptember 14, 2020
Systemic anti-Semitism on our nation’s college campuses
For decades now, behind the ivory-covered towers of our universities, bias has reared its head against Israel and the United States, particularly within Middle East Studies programs.
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Sarah N. SternAugust 19, 2020
Center of gravity has shifted under the Palestinians’ feet
It has taken 72 years and the Iranian threat, but the icy-cold chill of the presence of a Jewish state in the Middle East has begun to thaw.
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Sarah N. SternAugust 10, 2020
The people of Lebanon deserve better
Even before the tragic explosions that rocked Beirut on Aug. 4, the country’s economy has been in rapid freefall.
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Sarah N. SternAugust 6, 2020
A cautionary tale: Marriage between the Persian lion and the Chinese dragon
Iran and China are sworn enemies of the United States, and neither can be trusted when it comes to Israel’s national security interests.
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Sarah N. SternJuly 16, 2020
Going it alone in the community of nations
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.
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Sarah N. SternJune 24, 2020
Shattering the illusions of Oslo
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.
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Sarah N. SternMay 27, 2020
Two kinds of days, of losses, to memorialize
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.
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Sarah N. SternMay 8, 2020
Watching Hezbollah entrench itself in Lebanon
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.”
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Sarah N. SternApril 17, 2020
Who works to help spread ancient blood libels?
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.
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Sarah N. SternMarch 25, 2020
Love and hatred in the days of COVID-19
Those who are predisposed to paranoia seek a scapegoat. And the time-proven victims have been the Jews.
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