Dear Reader:
 
I thank everyone who has already donated in 2016 to the Middle East Forum, and I invite those who have not yet done so to send a tax-deductible contribution before year’s end. (We can provide 2016 tax credit for credit card donations received by noon EST on Dec. 31; or for checks dated Dec. 31.)

Your support empowers us to promote American interests. Examples:

• Our activism gets things done – We held 157 meetings with members of Congress or their staff in 2016, leading to bills countering the Muslim Brotherhood, working toward changing the definition of a “Palestine refugee,” and protecting Israel at the UN. Our Islamist Money in Politics project exposed Hillary Clinton as the number one 2015-16 recipient of Islamist money, causing a sensation and leading to a Donald Trump tweet.
• Our analysts influence the public debate – We spread our views far and wide in 2016,  publishing 417 articles by 55 experts in 64 publications, ranging from the New York Post on the right to the Huffington Post on the left, from Hürriyet in Turkey to The Times of Israel. Our experts were quoted 1,226 times by 93 publications, from Agence France Press to The Washington Post.
• Our funds encourage and enable allies – Ad Kan infiltrated anti-Israel groups, showing how Rabbis for Humans Rights uses U.S. donations to fund nefarious activities. Shurat HaDin sued Facebook for enabling terrorist attacks, seeking $1 billion in damages.

In 2017, we will take advantage of the political seismic shift to further our agenda, including:

• Vetting Muslim immigrants – We will help the Trump administration formulate “extreme vetting” to discern Islamists from everyday Muslims, having already advised the Canadian government on Syrian refugees.
• Israel victory – We are launching a campaign to urge the U.S. government to back Israel’s victory over the Palestinians as the way to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict and improve lives on both sides.

I hope you will support these and other Forum efforts with a donation; see below for details.

Yours sincerely,
 

 
Daniel Pipes
President