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Terrorism
There Are Some Things That Money Simply Can’t Buy
By Sarah N. Stern and Kyle Shideler After Lebanon’s August 3rd cross-border sniper attack that killed Israel Defense Forces Colonel Dov Harari and injured a second officer, the U.S. Congress, led by Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) and Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY) ordered a hold placed on $100 million in military aid for the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). The United States previous... »
All the Troubles of the Middle East, In One Little Country
By: Sarah Stern and Kyle Shideler There is a country in the Middle East accused of a brutal decades-long occupation. A country where a blockade causes starvation among a civilian refugee population. A country which violently cracks down on those who oppose it, shooting into crowds of protestors, while it receives substantial aid money from the United States as an ally... »
More on Material Support
In our article last week, we made mention of the Material Support law, and how it specifically prevents the transfer of money or other support, even on humanitarian grounds, when the provider of those funds have reason to believe that the money will go to a designated terrorist organization.We used this to point out that the Administration's intention to transmit... »
Israel at 62: Will it make it to 70?
(This is a speech that Sarah Stern delivered to Beth Jacob Congregations in Los Angeles) We recently celebrated the 62nd anniversary of the establishment of the state of Israel. The scratchy video tape of that momentous vote in the United Nations will be forever etched on the collective memories our generation. And as you can recall, there was that brief moment of... »
We Can’t Even Contain a Non-Nuclear Iran
It appears that the United States foreign policy community has now successfully moved through all five-stages of grief, when it comes to the Islamic Republic of Iran and its nuclear weapons ambitions. First was Denial, of which the 2007 National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) was the best example, proclaiming that Iran "halted its nuclear weapons program," despite ample evidence to the... »
Fallout from Obama’s Nuclear Summit
President Obama's announcement that the American people will be "safer and more secure," as a result of the nuclear summit held in Washington D.C over the past week, is akin to a triumphant declaration that the barn door has been successfully slammed shut, even while Mrs. O'Leary's cow ambles merrily past us. Four countries (Chile, Ukraine, South Africa, and Mexico) have... »
Linkage Again
News reaches us of yet another Palestinian terrorist being honored with a street naming. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismisses the threat of sanctions, calling President Obama a "cowboy."And the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs testifies that Iran is stepping up its arming of Insurgents in Afghanistan. So naturally the big news in Middle East policy is that the Obama Administration... »
For Syria’s Terror Regime: All Carrots No Sticks
By Sarah Stern & Kyle Shideler In the past two and a half weeks, the Obama administration has ramped up its efforts to engage with Syria's Dictator Bashar Assad, announcing its intentions to appoint an ambassador to Syria 5 years after the Bush Administration severed ties in the aftermath of the Rafik Hariri assassination, the killing which led to the Cedar... »
Foul Wind Blowing in the Middle East
In the Middle East, bellicose threats and saber-rattling are a fact of life. Recent developments, however, are suggestive of a coming storm, even by the turbulent standards of the region. Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, who resides in Damascus, warned that the next conflict with Israel would include not just the Gaza Strip, but the entire region. Similarly both Syrian Foreign Minister... »
With Spies Like These…
America is not a country which has ever had high regard for intelligence work. The public's image of spies has tended more towards Chevy Chase in the 1985 comedy, "Spies Like Us" than Sean Connery in "From Russia with Love." Indeed America's most famous intelligence officer, Nathan Hale, whose statue resides outside the CIA's Langley headquarters, is primarily remembered for... »