Endowment for Middle East Truth

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Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET) is a Washington, DC-based think tank and policy center with a pro-Israel stance. EMET, which means truth in Hebrew, challenges what it describes as falsehoods and misrepresentations in US Middle East policy circles.

History[]

The organization holds seminars on topics related to the Middle East and the Arab–Israeli Conflict[1] In 2008, these seminars were sponsored by the Adelson Family Foundation under the title "Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Policy Seminar Series".[2]

At their annual "Rays of Light in the Darkness Dinner," the organization awards "Speaker of Truth Awards" to U.S. Representatives and Senators, Middle East policy experts and "those from the Arab and Muslim world who speak out against radical Islam."[3]

Among EMET's honorees are:

EMET conducted a short campaign to prevent Mosab Hassan Yousef, a former Israeli spy and author of Son of Hamas from being deported from the United States.[13] Mosab publicly thanked the organization following his immigration hearing, saying "I am especially grateful to Sarah Stern, president of the Endowment for Middle Eastern Truth. Today’s blessings would not have happened without her and this amazing organization."[14] In response to the decision, the organization released a statement, saying that it was "enormously grateful to all those who played a part in standing with Mosab during this time, and helping the Department of Homeland Security come to understand what a grave error deporting Mosab would have been."[15]

EMET was the first organization to confront the failure of the Department of Justice to investigate, indict and extradite Palestinian terrorists who have slain or injured American citizens, despite federal laws which demand such efforts. According to The Jerusalem Post, EMET was responsible for initiating a bipartisan congressional letter to Attorney General Eric Holder on the subject of the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice for Victims of Overseas Terrorism,[16] accusing the office of failing to serve American citizens in Israel who were victims of Palestinian terrorist attacks.[17] The letter was sponsored by Democratic Congressman Howard Berman and Republican Congressman Joe Walsh, and 52 co-sponsors,[18] who joined in demanding the Attorney General pursue indictments against Palestinian terrorists released by Israel in the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange.[19] In response to the letter, EMET President Stern was reported as saying, “The failure of the Department of Justice, under both Republican and Democratic administrations, to meet its obligations to pursue justice for terror victims is deeply troubling, and we’re hopefully that this letter, and future congressional oversight on this issue will provide the impetus necessary for the Justice Department to do the right thing.”[19]

Publications[]

Saudi Arabia: The Global Islamic Terrorist Network: America and the West's Fatal Embrace was published by Palgrave Macmillan on November 8, 2011.[20] In promoting the book, Stern appeared on the Christian Broadcasting Network accusing the United States of an addiction to foreign oil, and Saudi Arabia of fomenting antisemitism and anti-Americanism through the funding of mosques in the United States.[21]

Board[]

Past and present Advisory Board members include , Jeane Kirkpatrick, Yoram Ettinger, , Daniel Pipes, Meyrav Wurmser, David Wurmser, Frank Gaffney, James Woolsey, Caroline Glick and Larry Greenfield.[22]

References[]

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  9. ^ "Wafa Sultan at EMET's Rays of Light in the Darkness Dinner". YouTube. 10 July 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  10. ^ "Farid Ghadry at the EMET Rays of Light in the Darkness Dinner". YouTube. 10 July 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  11. ^ "Zeyno Baran at EMET's Rays of Light in the Darkness Dinner". YouTube. 10 July 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
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  15. ^ Mozgovaya, Natasha (30 June 2010). "U.S. Court Grants Asylum to 'Son of Hamas'". Haaretz.com. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
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  19. ^ a b "Congress Members Demand U.S. Prosecute PA Terrorists". Israel National News. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  20. ^ Stern, S., ed. (3 November 2011). "Saudi Arabia and the Global Islamic Terrorist Network: America and the West's Fatal Embrace". Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved 31 October 2017 – via Amazon.
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  22. ^ "About EMET - EMET". Emetonline.org. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
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