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More on Material Support

By KyleS

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... »

Theater on the High Seas: Who in the Audience is being Duped?

By Sarah Stern

by: Sarah Stern and Kyle Shideler Earlier this month we watched as the high seas had become the theater for staging yet another hate-infested anti-Israel drama, costumed in heart-rendering, humanitarian language.  This premeditated performance had been cynically calculated to pirate the international sympathy for the people who in open and democratic elections, freely elected the terrorist group Hamas to lead them. It... »

Fallout from Obama’s Nuclear Summit

By KyleS

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

By KyleS

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... »

EMET, Iranian Dissidents speak to Congressional Members, Staff

By KyleS

On Tuesday, February 23rd, Endowment for Middle East Truth President and Founder Sarah Stern had the opportunity to speak to a select group of Congress members and their staff regarding the Iranian "Green" movement and the importance of supporting Iranian dissidents. The following are her remarks: Today, we are living in a time when the entire free Western world, as we... »

Foul Wind Blowing in the Middle East

By KyleS

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…

By KyleS

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... »

A Failure of Realization

By KyleS

Omar Farouq Abdelmutalib is a young Nigerian man, son of an eminent banker and former finance minister, educated in London. He went on to attempt to detonate a complicated chemical explosive device hidden inside his underwear in the skies above Detroit. Nidal Malik Hassan is a psychiatrist nearing middle age, a Major in the United States Army, and a resident of... »

9/11 Memorial Dedicated in Jerusalem

By Jess Sadick

On November 12, 2009, the Jewish National Fund dedicated a memorial in Jerusalem to the victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.  The United States and Israeli flags fly together alongside the memorial, believed to be the first such physical structure erected outside the U.S.  The dedication ceremony, attended by dignitaries including the U.S. Ambassador, received virtually no media attention... »

The Utter Gall of Goldstone

By Sarah Stern

(Written by Sarah Stern, and Alexander Lekovich) The Goldstone report commissioned by the United Nations Council on Human Rights as a result of Operation Cast Lead in Gaza last winter, has totally ignored the founding charter of its illustrious institution of which the Human Rights Council is an heir. While the report goes into great detail of the obligations that "an... »