Video from our most recent conference, “New Thinking for Old Problems: The Challenges of Middle East Peace Making Under the Shadow of The Iranian Threat,” is now up online. We’re working on  a transcript of the discussion which I’ll place below as they become available, but in the mean time, if you missed it,...
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From Jpost, (h/t Carl in Jerusalem): “I do not see any chance of establishing a viable Palestinian entity in Judea and Samaria and/or the Gaza Strip that could sustain itself economically,” Ya’alon said. “The gap between Israel as a First-World country and a Palestinian Third-World country is a recipe for instability. I also don’t...
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“Abandoning existing assumptions is no easy matter. Students of world politics, like politicians, are prisoners of their paradigms, unwilling or unable to escape the state premise of state predominance and constantly tempted to cling to familiar assumptions about hierarchy, authority and sovereignty.” —James N. Rosenau, The Two Worlds of World Politics Like an abusive...
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Wednesday, the Endowment for Middle East Truth held a staffer briefing, sponsored by the Adelson Family Foundation, as part of the Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Policy Seminar Series. She thanked the Adelson Family Foundation for enabling this to come about. Sarah Stern introduced Farid Ghadry, Ali Alyami, and Walid Phares as three...
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In the Washington Jewish Week, a story about EMET and the Ray’s of Light Dinner: A former Islamic extremist, two senators, a former CIA director and a Lebanese man who missed his parents’ funerals rather than be silenced were honored last week as “Rays of Light in the Darkness” during EMET-the Endowment for Middle...
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This is the first video clip from our tremendously successful third annual “Rays of Light in the Darkness” dinner on May 6, where we had a record crowd who came to pay homage to five tremendous heroes in the struggle to preserve Western civilization from the threat of radical Islam. Senator Joseph  Lieberman (I....
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I often wonder, “What provokes a person to speak the truth when he knows that those very words, that are so necessary to be heard, might possibly result in a huge loss of precious political capitol, social exclusion from one’s community, family and friends, or might even incur the risk of physical persecution or...
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Sorry I was offline yesterday folks, but it’s been nose to the grindstone time for EMET as we’re nearing the home stretch for our May 6th Rays of Light in the Darkness Dinner. It should be a really good time, and Sarah has lined up some great honorees, so do check it out, and...
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Many years ago, a Muslim with little known, but very real terrorist ties was about to be appointed to the Congressional Task Force of Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare. When I pointed this out to one member of congress, he replied: “Alright. Now please find for us some untainted Muslims or Arabs” Since then, not...
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