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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).

Abbas Araghchi, Iran's minister of foreign affairs, Oct. 26, 2024. Credit: Khamenei.ir via Wikimedia Commons.

Why is the world pulling the wool over our eyes?

Iran, which just announced that it has a new ballistic-missile system, is steadily moving forward in the race for a nuclear weapon.

Sarah N. Stern

May 6, 2025

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani reviews new nuclear achievements during the country’s National Nuclear Energy Day in Tehran, April 10, 2021. Credit: Iranian Presidency Office.

Playing with fire when it comes to Tehran

What, if anything, is to prevent a rogue state such as Iran from concealing its nuclear program?

Sarah N. Stern

April 25, 2025

Low Memorial Library at Columbia University in New York City. Credit: Ajay Suresh via Wikimedia Commons.

The grand deception on American campuses

Our nation’s youth are being brainwashed by professors who sympathize more with brutal, barbaric terrorists than with the courageous survival of the people of Israel.

Sarah N. Stern

March 24, 2025

Hezbollah in Lebanon carry the coffin of slain member Hussein Amhaz during his funeral in Baalbek, in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, on Sept. 19, 2024. Hundreds of pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah exploded across Lebanon in unprecedented attacks that spanned two days, killing 32 people and wounding more than 3,000 others. Photo by AFP via Getty Images.

Something has changed …

Despite tremendous costs on the individual level, Israelis know they are here to stay in the Middle East.

Sarah N. Stern

March 17, 2025

Ariel Bibas holds his baby brother Kfir. Credit: The Hostage and Missing Families Forum.

So much to mourn …

A healthy society embraces life. A sick society worships death.

Sarah N. Stern

Feb. 24, 2025

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas at a meeting in Ramallah, Sept. 3, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

The shattering of foreign-policy delusions

While some consider the proposed measures for Gaza as a non-starter, there are few other ideas on the table—certainly not for Mahmoud Abbas, whose Palestinian Authority lacks credibility.

Sarah N. Stern

Feb. 17, 2025

View of the King George and Jaffa streets crossing in Jerusalem on Feb. 22, 2000; the Sbarro pizzeria on the corner was the object of a suicide bombing a year later on Aug. 9, 2001. Photo by Flash90.

‘The arc of the moral universe is long’

Will they finally extradite Ahlam Tamimi to the United States, where she will be prosecuted for her terrorist crimes and made to serve in American correctional facilities?

Sarah N. Stern

Feb. 5, 2025

Israelis attend a rally at "Hostage Squares" in Tel Aviv calling for the release of hostages who have been held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip for 472 days on Jan. 21, 2025. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

Intense emotions upon the release of the hostages

Are Iran and its terrorist proxies interpreting the asymmetrical balance of the deal as a victory for their cause?

Sarah N. Stern

Jan. 22, 2025

Troops of the Israeli Air Force's elite Shaldag unit on the Syrian side of Mount Hermon, Dec. 8, 2024. Credit: Israel Defense Forces.

Waiting for the Middle Eastern storm to settle

Ideologies do not suddenly disappear, and the region is ripe with volatility.

Sarah N. Stern

Jan. 3, 2025