Writings by Clifford Smith

Articles by MEF Staff and Fellows
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Make Pro-Hamas Countries That Fund American Universities Fess Up National ReviewOctober 29, 2023
The Problem of America's 'Frenemies' and Hamas National ReviewOctober 20, 2023
Time for A Firm Stand: U.S. Policy Options in Light of Hamas's Invasion of Israel The National InterestOctober 8, 2023
Turkey's Twisted Anti-NATO Tango National ReviewFebruary 1, 2023
Can the Biden Administration Ensure that Turkey's Erdoğan 'Stays Bribed?' 19FortyFiveJanuary 25, 2023
Turkey's Antagonism of Greece Is Putting NATO to the Test 19FortyFiveOctober 9, 2022
Indoctrinating Students for the Mullahs: The American Institute of Iranian Studies National ReviewAugust 9, 2022
Turkish Aggression Threatens Syria's Most Vulnerable The National InterestJuly 20, 2022
Seyed Hossein Mousavian: Regime Exile or Tehran's Man in America? The DispatchMay 4, 2022
Ilhan Omar Singlehandedly Raises Pakistan-India Tensions Focus on Western IslamismApril 25, 2022
How Iran Gains from the Ceasefire in Yemen The DispatchApril 11, 2022
Turkey's Pro-Pakistan Propaganda Machine FirstPostFebruary 19, 2022
Turkish and Pakistani Islamism Finds Common Cause in the West Focus on Western IslamismFebruary 14, 2022
Don't let the Taliban Whisperers Gaslight America The DispatchNovember 23, 2021
Abraham Accords Show that Israel Victory Enhances Arab Lives The DispatchSeptember 14, 2021
Time to Stop Al Jazeera's Brazen Defiance of U.S. Law The Washington ExaminerAugust 25, 2021
Making Sense of the Repeat Effort to Zoom a Terrorist ProvidenceMay 18, 2021
Biden's Funding of UNRWA Harms Palestinians The Washington ExaminerApril 17, 2021
To Diminish Terror Finance, Audit International Organizations The Washington ExaminerFebruary 18, 2021
Senate Finance Committee: World Vision was "Borderline Negligent" The Investigative JournalFebruary 1, 2021
U.S. Multimedia Company Peddles Jihadist-Friendly Kashmir Narrative The Sunday GuardianJanuary 23, 2021
Legitimizing Terrorists by Zoom ProvidenceDecember 15, 2020
Islamist Lawfare and the Case of Sam Westrop KapitalisDecember 3, 2020
Under the Cover of Benevolence, Islamic Relief Subsidizes Terror Israel HayomNovember 2, 2020
Israel's American Enemies Now Target India The PrintOctober 29, 2020
Saudi Arabia: A Scapegoat for Human-Rights Abusers JNSOctober 28, 2020
Washington Celebrates Abraham Accords, but Must Prepare for Challenges JNSSeptember 27, 2020
Congress Stands up to Qatar and Al Jazeera NewsweekAugust 20, 2020
'We are all Hamas': Increasing Collaboration between Foes of India and Israel FirstpostAugust 16, 2020
Christian Aid Charities Help Islamists Lobby Congress ProvidenceJuly 22, 2020
Title VI Funding and Man at Yale The American SpectatorJuly 19, 2020
'Steele Dossier' Law Firm Peddles Misinformation for Jamaat-e-Islami Linked Charity The Sunday GuardianJune 27, 2020
U. Arizona Defends Misuse of Federal Funds for MidEast Studies JNSJune 11, 2020
Omar's Indian Nemesis Highlights the Congresswoman's Radical Supporters JNSMay 19, 2020
Obama Administration's UN Team Sought to Overturn Designation of Bin Laden Charity JNSMarch 3, 2020
How Al Jazeera is Avoiding Registering as a Foreign Agent The Washington ExaminerJanuary 21, 2020
Republicans, Democrats and the Killing Of Soleimani: Is Appeasement Back in Style? The Daily WireJanuary 8, 2020
Trump Administration Continues to Enable and Fund Troubled Islamic Organization The Daily WireDecember 11, 2019
India's Islamist Nemesis in America ThePrintDecember 10, 2019
When Foreign and Domestic Radicals Collide, Congress Takes Notice The Washington ExaminerNovember 21, 2019
DeVos Fires Warning Shot at University Mideast Centers The Daily WireOctober 1, 2019
USAID Has a Terror Finance Problem The Washington ExaminerSeptember 24, 2019
New Evidence: UN Connected to World Vision Terror Finance Scandal The Daily WireJuly 12, 2019
World Vision, Come Clean - A Rebuttal November 26, 2018
Lost in Sudan The Christian PostNovember 8, 2018
Georgetown Panel on 'Islamophobia' Glosses Over Hard Truths The American SpectatorOctober 25, 2018
To Atone for Khashoggi's Death, Saudi Arabia Should Stop Persecuting Dissidents The FederalistOctober 24, 2018
Trump Closes the PLO's Washington Office AMI News WireOctober 2, 2018
Trump Should Release Secret Report on the True Number of Palestinian Refugees Washington ExaminerAugust 12, 2018
Can Keith Ellison Enforce the Law Without Bias? The American SpectatorJuly 26, 2018
America Shouldn't Accept 'Illiberal Democracy' in the Middle East Washington ExaminerMarch 10, 2018
Why No Mention of Radical Islam in the State of the Union SpectatorFebruary 19, 2018
The U.S. House Votes against Studying Islamism The Washington ExaminerAugust 11, 2017
True Security Requires Vetting for Ideology, Not Passport LifeZetteJuly 17, 2017
How to Depoliticize Palestinian Refugee Status The American SpectatorJuly 7, 2017
Trump Must Designate Muslim Brotherhood to Defeat Radical Islam National Review OnlineApril 6, 2017
Why Are Taxpayer Dollars Helping American Terrorists Meet with Palestinian Radicals? The Washington ExaminerJanuary 25, 2017
Tackling the Middle East after the Election The American SpectatorNovember 4, 2016
Congress Must Act to Prevent Unilateral Move to Create Palestinian State The American SpectatorSeptember 30, 2016
Uncovering the Truth about a West Bank Palestinian Refugee Camp The Washington ExaminerSeptember 7, 2016
The New York Times Still Falls for Ben Rhodes' Iran Lies PJ MediaJune 28, 2016
Christians in Islamic World Face Holy Week Massacres AL.comApril 7, 2016
Iran's Missiles and the Obama Doctrine The American SpectatorApril 6, 2016
Articles in Middle East Quarterly
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World Vision, Friend of Terrorists Middle East QuarterlySpring 2023
Reviews
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Hostile Homelands—The New Alliance Between India and Israel Middle East QuarterlyWinter 2024
The Politics of Persecution: Middle Eastern Christians in an Age of Empire Middle East QuarterlyWinter 2023
Afghan Napoleon: The Life of Ahmad Shah Massoud Middle East QuarterlyFall 2022
Audio, Video and Transcripts
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Can Extreme Vetting Work? MEF WireNovember 1, 2017
Middle East Forum Blog
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House Action Alert: Please Co-Sponsor the Anti-Islamist Finance Bill Islamist WatchDecember 11, 2019
Articles by Islamist Watch
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Islamist Lawfare KapitalisDecember 3, 2020
Islamist Watch Blog
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Jamaat-e-Islami: A Threat at Home and Abroad? MEF WebinarApril 21, 2020