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West Falters in Defense of Christians, Who Are Being Persecuted in 131 Countries Failure Now Resting Heavily on Would Be Protectors By CONRAD BLACK, Perhaps the gravest under-publicized atrocity in the world is the persecution of Christians. A comprehensive Pew Forum study last year found that Christians are persecuted in 131 countries containing 70% of the world’s population, out of 197 countries… A Brilliant Reign Nears Its Diamond Jubilee By CONRAD BLACK, It does not seem like 60 years ago that my late brother said to our half-asleep parents as we departed early for school: “There was a bug in my cereal, and by the way, the King is dead.” A much admired man, only 56, there were some comparisons between… How the Mufti of Jerusalem Once Impacted America’s Presidential Election — and Could Do So Again By RAFAEL MEDOFF, WASHINGTON — A Palestinian mufti has called for violence against Jews, Prime Minister Netanyahu is demanding Palestinian leaders disavow him, and America's presidential race could be affected. That could be the lead sentence of a news report from last… Egypt’s Revolution Will See More Blood ’Ere Army, Islamists Part Ways By YOUSSEF IBRAHIM, The revolution that overthrew Hosni Mubarak will mark its first anniversary Wednesday. The date may pass quietly or it may see another roar, but either way there is little doubt the iconic Tahrir Square revolution is entering a second phase. If… Gas at the Pump Could Go To $20 If War Comes to the Straits of Hormuz By YOUSSEF IBRAHIM, Iran’s threat to close the Strait of Hormuz is a promise of heart attack for the world’s economy and a challenge for military planners. Yesterday, Iran doubled its taunt by sentencing a former marine with dual Iranian-American citizenship to death… Vindication Is Piling Up for One of the Greatest Leaders in 1,000 Years of British History Thatcher Was Also a Convivial Companion and Loyal Friend By CONRAD BLACK, Though it is probably happening too late to be overly gratifying to her, events are piling on to vindicate Margaret Thatcher completely in her reservations about British integration in Europe. Her response to the proposal to reduce Britain to a local… Deaths of Kim Jong Il, Vaclav Havel Lead To Lessons of War and Peace for Our Own Time By CONRAD BLACK The deaths, only a couple of days apart, of the Manichaean figures of Kim Jong Il and Václav Havel invite some historical reflection. In Korea, the 38th Parallel was determined to be the division between North and South Korea one summer night in 1945… Israel’s Prospects Have Never Been Brighter, As Arab Spring Fades Into Winter of Discontent By CONRAD BLACK, Up until the mid-1960s, when I was young, the television news and airwaves at this time of year were full of references to the “Holy Land.” There were endless melodious carols and much sacred music portraying cities such as Bethlehem and Jerusalem… Opportunity Knocks at North Korea With the Death of Kim Jong Il By IRA STOLL, The pictures accompanying the news of the leadership change in North Korea are those of the dead dictator, Kim Jong Il, and his son and heir apparent, Kim Jong Un. But there are some other Koreans whose names and photos, though absent from the front… Deal To Free Gilad Shalit Reportedly Under Consideration at Jerusalem Swap Could Involve Release of Hundreds of Arab Prisoners Held by Israel By Special to the Sun A deal to release the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is under consideration in Jerusalem, newspapers in the Middle East are reporting. The Israeli soldier has been a captive since 2006, when he was seized in a cross-border raid, and Israel’s cabinet was… Obama’s Fortunes Plunge in Capital of Germany, Where He Was Once Greeted by Adoring Throngs By Special to the Sun NEW YORK — Little more than three years after Barack Obama was greeted during his presidential campaign by an adoring and enormous crowd at Berlin, a leading newspaper in the German capital is criticizing the president as “overbearing, arrogant and… By RICK RICHMAN, Secretary of State Clinton, in a sharp departure from her stance when she was a senator, is warning that any American action, even symbolically, toward recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel must be avoided for the reason that it would… Obama Siding With U.N. Against Reforms Proposed in U.S. House By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS — Even as the Obama administration admonishes the United Nations for an “unwarranted” pay hike for staffers, it is going to bat for the United Nations against legislation proposed in Congress that would revolutionize the way America… By CONRAD BLACK, Outgoing defense secretary Robert Gates’s final policy speech in office, on June 10 in Brussels, laid out the problems and anomalies of NATO more clearly than any figure of such authority has done before. He was upbeat about most aspects of the… Son of Syria’s Ex-President Appeals Directly To the Kremlin for Help By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS — The son of a former president of Syria, in a startling but so-far-unreported demarche here, is appealing directly to the Kremlin in the hopes of clearing the way for the Security Council here to condemn the atrocities being committed… Could IMF Morph Into a Force for Growth Instead of Bailouts? By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, As the IMF gets ready to choose a successor to Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who resigned following his arrest on charges that he sexually assaulted and raped a hotel housekeeper, it would be a good thing to step back for a moment and ask: What should… Three Questions Emerge From Obama’s Speech on the Middle East By BENNY AVNI, UNTIED NATIONS — Here are three immediate questions I have following President Obama’s speech at the State Department today: 1. Mr. Obama made clear that “Ultimately, it is up to Israelis and Palestinians to take action. No peace can be imposed upon… Astonishment Spreads at U.N. Over Chaos in Libyan Diplomatic Ranks A Former President of General Assembly, Ali Treki, Is Said To Have Broken With Gadhafi By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS — One of Colonel Gadhafi’s former diplomats, an envoy who as recently as last year served as president of the General Assembly, has broken with the regime, according to a diplomatic source, and is expected to make an announcement… Has the West Become So Feeble That We Are Afraid To Help the Libyans? By CONRAD BLACK, Has the West become so feeble that we are afraid to help Libyans get rid of their murderous fruitcake of a despot? It was a signal achievement for the United Nations Security Council to censure Libya for barbarities against civilians. Also laudable… Obama Follows European Lead on Libya in Maneuvering at United Nations By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS – Struggling to develop a coherent strategy on Libya, Washington is attempting instead to rehabilitate the image of international institutions, including the Security Council and, amazingly, one of the United Nations’ most odious… Palin Will Draw a Contrast With Obama in Her Visit Next Month to India By PRANAY GUPTE, Sarah Palin’s choice of an international venue to deliver an address on “My Vision of America” is canny. She will speak in March before India’s business, political, diplomatic, academic and media elite at the annual India Today Conclave. The gathering… United Nations Silence on Revolution in Egypt Is Deafening By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS – While the Middle East undergoes a remarkable transformation, one New York spot that remains almost defiantly uninterested – and totally irrelevant – is Turtle Bay. Like the Baskerville Hound, the United Nations won’t bark. Our… Drama Building at United Nations Over Maneuvering Against Israel U.S. Offers To Rebuke the Jewish State By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS – Arab diplomats here are hoping that the controversy that is erupting over a Security Council resolution on Israel’s settlement policies will deflect attention from the spreading democratic protests in the Middle East against the… Suleiman Playing a Weak Hand Against an Army of Young Egyptian Revolutionaries By YOUSSEF IBRAHIM, In a picture of Egypt’s new Vice president launching his negotiations with the nascent opposition movement of Tahrir (Liberation) Square, General Omar Suleiman looked vigorous for his 75 years, dapper, as always, in dark suit, surrounded by the… Suleiman Playing a Weak Hand Against an Army of Young Egyptian Revolutionaries By YOUSSEF IBRAHIM, In a picture of Egypt’s new Vice president launching his negotiations with the nascent opposition movement of Tahrir (Liberation) Square, General Omar Suleiman looked vigorous for his 75 years, dapper, as always, in dark suit, surrounded by the… Could DeGaulle’s Playbook Work in Egypt? Mubarak Is No DeGaulle and Egypt No Fifth Republic By CONRAD BLACK, There are only three ways to deal with the sort of uprising that has occurred in the last week in Egypt: smash it, face it down more or less peacefully, or yield to it. Mobs, even when they are championing a good cause, are cowardly and easily routed… Revolution at Egypt Is About a Value America Once Championed By YOUSSEF IBRAHIM, The revolution underway at Egypt is not about Palestine, Israel, America, food prices, or even bad living conditions. It is about Freedom, a value America once championed beyond all. President Obama’s wobbly speech of barely four minutes Tuesday night… A New Egypt Likely To Emerge From Revolution That Seeks Not Islam But Freedom Mubarak Will Find It Hard To Survive in Power, and Obama Administration Is Left Scrambling By YOUSSEF IBRAHIM, The revolution ignited by a new generation in Tunisia is moving so fast across the Arab world that it is no longer too soon to speculate on the new Egypt that will emerge after the riots and mayhem taking place there — and what kind of repercussions… Jasmine Scent of Revolultion Wafting Through Arab World By YOUSSEF IBRAHIM, “Freedom does not come in ‘Home Delivery.’” This is one of multiple quotes, jokes, and bitter commentary, lighting up the Arab blogosphere ever since the outbreak Friday of the revolution in Tunisia that threw out president-for-life Zein El Abedine… United Nations Rolls Out the Red Carpet To Fete New Anti-Israel Movie By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS – The General Assembly, for the first time, will attempt tomorrow evening to morph itself into Hollywood, conducting a red-carpet premiere event that will see diplomats mingling with film stars and cinema moguls – and, in the process… Report Vindicating Israel in Boarding of the Mavi Marmara Presents a Problem for U.N.’s Ban Ki-moon World Body Awaits Word From Its Own Commission Investigating Raid in Which Nine Perished By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS — Today’s findings by Israel’s Turkel Commission present a problem for Secretary General Ban and also for Washington, which tacitly assisted him in forming, under United Nations auspices, a separate panel to probe last May’s deadly… Next Flashpoint in Mideast Could Be Gas Fields Off Mediterranean Coast Dispute With Lebanon Could Be Ignited By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS – The next flashpoint in the Middle East could be the gas fields off Israel's Mediterranean coast, where the discovery of large cashes of natural gas is raising hopes that Israel could soon become energy-self-sufficient but where a… Scramble To Avoid a Genocide Lies Behind Ivory Coast Drama UNITED NATIONS — Behind the controversy over the clients of Washington superlawyer Lanny Davis lies a desperate effort to avoid what threatens to become Africa’s next genocide. The drama centers on the search for a face-saving exit for the president… Iraq’s Isolation Draws To an End With Less of a Bang Than a Whimper Kuwait Holds Out for a Better Deal By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS — Iraq’s return from the isolation into which it was cast by Saddam Hussein will be ended with less of a bang than a whimper here, as Vice President Biden chaired the proceedings but Kuwait held out out for a substantial payday. The… Obama Disappoints Poland on Visa Waivers During Visit by Komorowski But NATO Will Expand Operations in Poland By ALEX STOROZYNSKI, When the president of Poland, Bronislaw Komorowski, hung an ornament on the majestic pine in the Oval Office yesterday, President Obama remarked, “It’s the prettiest one on the tree.” But when jet-lagged journalists from Warsaw were then brought into… U.N. Seeks Obama’s Attendance at ‘Durban III’ on 10th Anniversary of 9/11 Key U.N. Official Admits To Concern Over Arms Flowing To Hezbollah in Lebanon A New Contretemps at the World Body By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS — The next contretemps here is going to erupt over what is a small step for the World Body that has major implications for the future of Israel’s security – the admission today by a the top United Nations official in Lebanon that he has… Obama, Clinton Camps Divide Over African Hotspot Two Strategies Diverge Over Equatorial Guinea By BENNY AVNI, Tension between human rights absolutists of President Obama’s inner circle and the pragmatists in Washington’s Clintonian wing will next be glimpsed in a fight that is emerging around the small but resource-rich western Africa country, Equatorial… Obama’s Outreach To India Seeks To Cement Ties With a New Strategic Ally of the U.S. The Backdrop Is a Sharp Change From the Days of the Cold War By PRANAY GUPTE, President Obama starts his three-day visit to India hoping to strengthen America’s political ties and expand American trade relations with the world’s largest democracy. Indians, in turn, expect that America will open its doors to even more imports… Anti-Jewish Resolutions Loom As an Early United Nations Test for GOP Leaders Boehner, Cantor on Record as Seeking To Withdraw From UNESCO By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS — The first post-election test here for President Obama — and the new leadership in the Congress — will be the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization, which has taken five decisions that disparage Israel’s claim… Support for Israel Costs Canada Seat on U.N. Security Council America All But Disappeared in Maneuvering by Portugal, Brazil, and Cuba By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS — Canada’s increasing ties with Israel and its defense of Jerusalem have cost it a seat on the United Nations Security Council, diplomats here are saying after days of maneuvering by Arab countries, Brazil, and Cuba in which the United… Democrats Delay Hearing on Travel Ban to Cuba, As Its Envoy Hews Hard Line at United Nations Castro Is Contradicted, Ahmadinejad Is Backed By BENNY AVNI, On the eve of hearings that had been set to open in the United States Congress on whether to ease the ban on Americans traveling to Cuba, Havana’s foreign minister, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, has been taking a hard, even strident line here at the… UN Default on Korea Spells Trouble in Lebanon By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS — Responding to combative provocations with meek diplomacy, the West is allowing North Korea and Iran to further arm themselves and their proxy armies, risking a much more serious military confrontation in the next rounds. Meeting the… Stage Is Set For a New Clash Between America, Israel By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS — The next crisis between President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyah — one from Venus, the other from Mars — is only a matter of time, though the vibes will be discernibly positive when the two meet at the White House tomorrow. The two… Obama Administration Irked At Israel Over Pace of Flotilla Investigation By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS -- The Obama administration has been complaining to Israel about the pressure Washington is coming under to agree to an international probe of Israel’s raid on the Turkish “peace flotilla,” sources in both Washington and Jerusalem are… Iran Will Use U.N. Sanctions To Seek To Expand Its Sphere of Influence By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS – Iran is hoping to turn the sanctions resolution that the Security Council approved today into the next platform on which it is building its ever widening sphere of international influence. One of the Islamic republic’s first… Last Ditch Effort to Block Sanctions on Iran Is Pressed By Turkey, Brazil at United Nations By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS – The Security Council is expected to vote on an American-backed resolution to impose the next round of sanctions on Iran as early as Wednesday, but two countries bent on enabling Iran, Brazil and Turkey, are making a last-ditch effort… Turkey’s Next Move Will Be To Marshal Sentiment Against Israel at United Nations By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS – After initiating and aiding a provocation that resulted in the deaths of at least ten of its citizens, Turkey will next move to marshal world opinion and attempt to harness it to promote Prime Minister Erdogan’s regional goals, which… Turkey Emerges in a Sinister New Role As ‘Aid Flotilla’ Seeks To Run Blockade By YOUSSEF IBRAHIM, High Seas Drama Looms Off Gaza As Turkish-Backed Flotilla Prepares To Run An Israeli Embargo By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS — A drama on the high seas is brewing in the Mediterranean as a Turkish government-backed flotilla, laden with various goods and carrying hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists, is attempting to reach Gaza’s shores in the next few days… Crunch Time Near on A-Bomb Treaty As Egypt Maneuvers To Isolate Israel By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS — It is crunch time for members of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and if their month-long parley here collapses in the next few days it might well be the fault of Egypt, which earlier in the month of May emerged as the darling of… Coptic Christians Voicing Frustration With White House As Persecution Widens in Egypt By YOUSSEF IBRAHMIM, The leaders of Coptic Christians, whose community is facing growing persecution in Egypt, say they have been unsuccessful in efforts to gain a hearing from the White House or other parts of the Obama administration. Heightened persecution of Egypt’s… Obama Setting Up a Clash With the Hague Over Darfur By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS — President Obama is setting up the next big clash between America and the International Criminal Court, according to human rights activists who say Washington’s Sudan envoy undermines the Hague-based world judicial body’s prosecution… Killings of Egypt’s Christians Escalate In Ghastly Slaughter Nearly Ignored in the West By YOUSSEF IBRAHIM, At 11:30 p.m. on January 6, the Orthodox Christmas for millions of Egyptian Christians, gunshots rang from a drive-by car, killing 7 parishioners exiting evening mass. The Nagaa Hamadi Church Massacre, as it became known, left 26 seriously injured in… United Nations Stymied Over Sinking of Free Korean Warship by North Korean Torpedo By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS — The next test of the United Nations will come tomorrow, when South Korea, with Washington’s backing, plans to ask the Security Council to take up the sinking in March of its ship, which according to Seoul investigators was attacked by… Obama’s Iran Strategy in Limbo As Brazil, Turkey Fracture Consensus at United Nations By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS — Brazil and Turkey managed to fracture the Security Council today, throwing President Obama’s Iran strategy into limbo. Even if the Turtle Bay top body ends up eking out a resolution that would impose a new round of sanctions on Iran… U.S. Envoy Praises U.N. Council on Human Rights as Libya is Seated By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS — There was little the American ambassador here, Susan Rice, could do today to stop the General Assembly from voting Libya and other known rights abusers for a seat on the Human Rights Council, but instead of expressing outrage, she… Verbal Clash Over Hezbollah Erupts at U.N. Between Envoys of Lebanon and Israel By BENNY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS — The pitfalls of Lebanon’s position as president of the United Nations Security Council were visible today, as the Beirut representative, who presided over a periodic council debate on international terrorism, clashed with Israel’s… Ghost of Edward Teller Haunts United Nations Nuclear Parley By BENNY AVNI, Are there no Edward Tellers left among nuclear policy wonks? As world diplomats gathered in Turtle Bay this week to review the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, I was thinking about two men whom I met in the early 1980s and who represent the opposite… Iran Set to Out-Maneuver Obama in A-Bomb Parley at United Nations By BENY AVNI, UNITED NATIONS — President Ahmadinejad, in a political masterstroke, appears set to throw President Obama’s disarmament strategy into turmoil – and all the Iranian flame thrower has to do is show up. The Iranian is set to do this Monday, when he will… Obama Faces Trap at U.N. In Demarche by Egypt On Nuclear Arms Aim Is To Seek a Disarmament of Israel By Benny Avni, UNITED NATIONS — President Obama’s “nuclear spring,” celebrated by his fans across the world, is about to be turned into a trap here, as Third World countries, led by Egypt, are set to push back against America and Russia — and to try to force Israel… Egypt Circulates Paper Seeking To Isolate Israel on A-Bomb By Special to the Sun Following is the text of a working paper — an unofficial document — being circulated by Egypt to several ambassadors to the United Nations and obtained by The New York Sun: * * * 1. The third session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Review… ‘False Religion’ Is How Long-Time U.S. Aide Now Describes Middle East Peace Process By YOUSSEF IBRAHIM, An architect of the America’s Middle East peace process, who over the past 30 years served both Republican and Democratic administrations, is describing the continued pursuit of mediation among Palestinians and Israelis as “a false religion,” a… American Credibility at Stake In Showdown Over East Jerusalem Construction By HILLEL HALKIN What is at stake is American credibility and American honor. Four months ago, Israel and the United States concluded compromise that neither government was particularly happy about: Israel reluctantly agreed to suspend all new construction in the West Bank for nearly a year, and the U.S. reluctantly accepted Israel’s refusal to do the same in Jerusalem. Now, America has reneged on its word.
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