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Why Is the Pope Provoking War

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a mission. Bu wha is his mission exacly? The rheoric and

body language, he gracious gesures, he incessan smiles and

complimens give he impression o a selfless leader deermined

o broker peace, cooperaion and ran-

quiliy. In Cuba, Israel, and all over his

chaoic, disunied plane.

Bu consider he decisions and

acions. In boh Cuba and Israel, he

Vaican is creaing ension, disuniy

and insabiliy ha are likely o lead o

conflic and war.

Yeserday he Vaican revealed ha

i had ormally recognized he “sae o

Palesine” in a newly finalized reay wih he Palesinians. (Pope

Francis and he Vaican had previously suppored he “sae o

Palesine,” bu never ormally like his). The reay defines he

Caholic Church’s aciviies in areas conrolled by he Palesin-

ians, and will be signed by boh sides his Saurday when Pales-

inian Auhoriy Presiden Mahmoud Abbas visis he Vaican.

Criics o Israel and parons o Palesinian saehood are

elaed. The movemen o recognize a Palesinian sae has gained

momenum in recen years, paricularly wihin he Unied

Naions; an endorsemen rom he pope and he Vaican is huge

Time will ell, bu gaining he suppor o he mos respeced and

admired leader on Earh could be jus wha is needed o ge he

projec o Palesinian saehood over he finish line.

For he Jewish sae and is declining number o supporers

he Vaican’s decision was an enormous blow. “This move does no

promoe he peace process and disances he Palesinian leader

ship rom reurning o direc and bilaeral negoiaions,” Israel’s

oreign miniser said in a ex message o he Associaed Press.

Indeed. In reurn or is vial suppor o Palesinian saehood

he Vaican required absoluely nohing rom he Palesinians

There was no requiremen o he Palesinian Auhoriy (PA) o sin-

cerely engage in peace alks wih Israel, no demand ha i recognize

Israel’s righ o exis, and no demand ha i sever is connecion

wih Hamas and publicly renounce Hamas’s ambiions. Nohing.

“The one hing we can be sure i won’ do is o improve he

chances or peace,” explained Jonahon Tobin, senior online edi

or or Commenary magazine. “By graning he Palesinians offi

cial recogniion wihou firs requiring hem o make peace wih

BRAD MACDONALD

A L B E R T O P I Z Z O L I / A F P / G E T T Y I M A G E S

Pope Francis

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Israel, Pope Francis and he church have only made i less likely

ha his will ever happen” (emphasis added hroughou). Ohers

were more dramaic. Abraham Foxman, naional direcor o he

Ani-Deamaion League, released a saemen saying ha he

Vaican’s acion “serves o undermine he only real soluion o he

decades-old conflic.”

Mor Klein, presiden o he Zionis Organizaion o America,

warned ha he Vaican’s endorsemen o Palesinian saehood

is a sign o he resurgence o “ C J.”

Tha remark by Klein is really worh hinking abou. Pope Fran-

cis and he Vaican are selling his decision as a rouine gesure o

goodwill oward he Palesinians, and a decision ha could even

jump-sar he peace process. Don’ buy i. The Vaican’s endorse-

men o he Palesinian cause will add major momenum o he

inernaional movemen oward Palesinian saehood. This will

pile more pressure on Israel o make more concessions, even o

he derimen o is exisence. And when and i Israel reuses o

concede, i is cerain o be held responsible or he ineviable en-

sion and conflic.

The Israeli-Palesinian peace process is desined o end in

conflic—and he Vaican’s decision brings ha day nearer.The iming is ineresing oo. Israeli Prime Miniser Benjamin

Neanyahu was recenly reeleced and jus las week finalized a

coaliion governmen ha could be more hardline han he pre-

vious. Going orward, Israel’s governmen—jusifiably, reason-

ably and wisely—will coninue o be exremely cauious abou

any sor o peace deal wih he Palesinians. Israel’s prime minis-

er is rying o slow he momenum oward Palesinian saehood,

convince naions ha he PA canno be rused, and persuade

he inernaional communiy o demand more rom he Palesin-

ians in reurn or saehood. The Vaican’s announcemen under-

mines all his and makes Prime Miniser Neanyahu’s job much

more difficul. I was a veiled message o Israel’s conservaive gov-

ernmen: Don’ ge oo excied, and don’ ge oo comforable. Imagine Neanyahu siting down o discuss he peace process

wih anoher world leader. Pope Francis suppors Palesinian

saehood wihou any demands on he Palesinians, why shouldn’

I? Mr. Neanyahu could hear ha rerain rom prety much every

world leader he mees. And as long as he reuses o accep a deal

in which he oher side is no required o aler is genocidal ambi-

ions, Israel’s prime miniser will be maligned and osracized.

I’s also worh recalling he Balkan wars, scenes o which dom-

inaed our elevision screens during he early 1990s. The Vaican,

ogeher wih Germany, played a key role in insigaing Yugosla-

via’s dissoluion and he long and brual conflics ha eruped.

How? By being one o he firs o ormally recognize—despie

srong opposiion rom he Unied Saes, he European Union

and he UN—he breakaway regions o Croaia and Slovenia as

independen and sovereign saes. Mos o he inernaional com-

muniy duiully ollowed along. Wihin monhs, he Balkan Pen-

insula was on fire (or more inormaion on his criical hisory,

read our ree bookle Germany’s Conques of he Balkans).

Will we see similar ension and conflic erup in Israel as a resul

o he Vaican’s suppor o he Palesinians? I seems ineviable.

Consider one las hough. Isn’ i odd ha Pope Francis and

he Vaican seem o be supporing Muslim conrol o pars o

Jerusalem?

I can’ hink o a single momen over he pas 2,000 years

when he Vaican sincerely endorsed Muslim conrol o Jerusa

lem. I can, however, recall muliple occasions when he Vaican

riled up Caholic warriors and dispached hem o he Holy Land

o wres conrol rom he Muslims. Why would Pope Francis

rejec wo millennia o Caholic hisory—even rejecing Caholic

docrine and radiion—and suppor Muslim sovereigny in he

Holy Land? Tha’s jus really odd.

Acually, Pope Francis and he Vaican do no suppor hepresence o Muslims in Jerusalem any more han hey do he

presence o Jews.

There are wo simple reasons he Vaican, for now, is making

i appear ha i suppors a Palesinian sae and greaer Muslim

influence over Jerusalem.

Firs, i undermines Israel’s conrol over he Holy Land. When

i comes o diminishing Israel’s grip on Jerusalem and is holy

sies, he Vaican is quie happy or he Palesinians o do he

grity work. An hones assessmen o Palesinian leadership and

governance, a leas up ill now, reveals endemic corrupion, mis

managemen, infighing and inernal srie. Can he Palesinians

successully creae a sable, prosperous, sae Palesinian sae in

Israel? Slim chance.Second, he Vaican’s endorsemen o Palesinian saehood

provides ideal cover or is own ambiion o wres conrol o Jeru

salem rom he Jews and Muslims.

Reading abou he reay ha will be signed his Saurday

one can’ help bu wonder: Has he Vaican come o some kind

o quid pro quo wih he Palesinians? Jerusalem is as imporan

and meaningul o he Caholic Church as Rome isel, probably

more so. There are many sies ha he Caholic Church considers

highly valuable. Wha has he PA agreed o cede o he Vaican in

reurn or is endorsemen o Palesinian saehood? This is con

jecure. Bu his is he way poliics, inernaional relaions and

human naure work. People, naions, even mos religions, will

eign riendship and peace in pursui o heir goals.Four years ago, Ialian journalis Giulio Meoti, wriing or

Aruz Sheva, explained how Caholic auhoriies had “increased

heir poliical iniiaives or Caholic conrol over some sies in

Jerusalem.” He recalled, or example, how he head o he Vai

can’s Council or Inerreligious Dialogue, Cardinal Jean-Louis

Tauran, had said ha “peace negoiaions in he Middle Eas

mus ackle he issue o he saus o he holy sies o Jerusalem.”

According o Tauran, he ime had arrived or some o Jerusa

lem’s holy places, including he Ciy o David, o be pu under Va

ican charge. Afer all, “i’s pracically jus he Holy See who is con

cerned abou [Jerusalem],” Tauran saed.

Sories like his are prety unusual. We don’ ofen read abou

he Vaican’s love or Jerusalem and is ques or more conrol

Bu i’s here, and i’s hriving. The Vaican is no a non-hrea

ening, neural hird pary in his conflic—hough so much o

he news media believes i is. Hisory shows ha Jerusalem is as

imporan o he Vaican as i is o Jews and Muslims. For Caho

lics, Jerusalem is he birhplace o Chrisianiy and he seting o

many imporan biblical evens. The Holy Ciy, as Caholic dogma

saes, is is universal headquarers.

Does anyone really hink he Vaican genuinely wans o cede

conrol o hese sies o Muslims?

We need o look pas he handshakes and plaiudes, and

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really hink abou wha is going on here. This decision is par o a

Trojan horse sraegy by which he Vaican seeks o gain he rus

o he Palesinians and inernaional communiy beore more

acively saking is claim o Jerusalem and is holy sies. Wha-

ever happens, he las hing we can expec is or he Vaican o

sand by and cheer as Muslims assume conrol o Chrisianiy’s

holy sies. Tha is never going o happen.

In ac, puting Jerusalem under “inernaional” conrol has

been he Vaican’s sraegy or decades. In 1949, he Briish pleni-poeniary miniser (essenially, he ambassador) o he Vaican,

John Vicor Perowne, wroe ha “he Vaican would have pre-

erred, rom he poin o view o he ae o he holy places and

o Caholic ineress in Palesine generally, ha neiher Jews nor

Arabs, bu a hird power, should have conrol in he Holy Land.

Such a soluion i well knew, however, was unatainable, and in

he acual circumsances i preerred he Arabs o he Jews.”

So here is wha is likely o happen, a leas in some orm. This

decision by he Vaican will embolden he Palesinians in heir

ques or Jerusalem, urher osracize he Jewish sae, and

increase ensions beween Israel and he Palesinians, perhaps

o he poin o conflic (more erroris atacks, ec.). As he siu-

aion deerioraes, Israel will coninue o look or oreign assis-ance and suppor. Relaions wih is radiional allies, America

and Briain, are rapidly deerioraing, and hese counries have

hardly any appeie or supporing Israel, a leas in any mean-

ingul way. Russia and China are more on he side o he Muslims

han he Jews. Israel will find isel lef wih one opion: crying

ou o Germany and Europe.

I’s rue ha Europeans and heir leaders aren’ especially

ond o Jews and he Jewish sae. Then again, Germany, a leas

is chancellor, is arguably he closes riend and ally Israel has

righ now. Expec Israel o cry ou o Germany or assisance

T V !

The European Union and he Vaican boh have he same offi

cial goal or Jerusalem. They wan i o be an inernaional ciy—

conrolled neiher by Jews nor Arabs, bu raher by some hird

pary.Why does he Vaican wan his? In his book Chrisians and

Jews: Faih o Faih, Rabbi James Rudin wroe ha he Easern

Orhodox churches ha own he majoriy o Jerusalem’s sacred

Chrisian sies oppose inernaionalizing he ciy because i

“would give greaer conrol o Jerusalem’s Chrisian sies and

insiuions o he Roman Caholic Church, which has significan

influence in Europe and he Wesern Hemisphere.”

I doesn’ ake much imaginaion o see he Vaican being

given he chie sea in how an “inernaional” Jerusalem is gov

erned! (Afer all, Pope Francis jus brokered peace beween

America and Cuba.)

Israel is dead agains his righ now. Bu as i becomes more

isolaed and is siuaion becomes desperae, is resolve will saro crumble.

O course, his is jus one possible scenario. However i hap

pens, he Vaican’s ambiions in Jerusalem are well documened

I desperaely seeks greaer conrol over Jerusalem, and every

sep i akes in is diplomacy wih Israel and he Palesinian

Arabs is dedicaed o his end. Follow Brad Macdonald

MIDDLE EAST

Will Russia Drive Egypt and Saudi Arabia Apart?Jeremiah Jacques | May 10

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ogeher as parners agains a common enemy: he Houhis.

The Houhis are a Shia exremis group backed by Iran. They

seized conrol o Yemen in January afer oppling he Sunni pres-

iden. Saudi Arabia, Egyp, Turkey and oher Sunni naions are

working o expel hem rom Yemen.

Bu he Trumpe believes ha a wedge will evenually drive

Egyp away rom Saudi Arabia, and posiion Cairo as a riend o

Iran.

Could ha wedge be Russia?

I’s no secre ha Russia sides wih Iran in he Yemen conflic,

and in several oher Middle Easern maters. Iran’s mullahs share

Vladimir Puin’s goal o ending he era o Unied Saes domi-

nance, and he wo sides are keen o cooperae oward ha end

whenever possible. Moscow and Tehran also sand ogeher in

offering ironclad suppor o he regime o Bashar Assad in Syria.

Under Assad, Syria is he mos valuable ally in he region o boh

Iran and Russia.

Saudi Arabia, which is a U.S. ally and Iran’s primary regional

enemy, recognizes Russia’s pro-Iran inererence in he region

and vehemenly disapproves o i.

Russia’s relaionship wih Egyp is also hriving.

The U.S. shunned Abdel-Fatah al-Sisi afer he became Egyp’s

presiden by ousing he couny’s firs democraically eleced

leader, Mohamed Morsi. Washingon called he ouser a coup

and slashed a fifh o is miliary aid o Sisi’s Egyp. The U.S. also

wihheld delivery o some armamens o Egyp.

This promped Sisi o seek ou oher allies, including Russia

A presen, Sisi appears o be keeping Egyp riendly wih boh

Saudi Arabia and Russia. Bu i Cairo-Moscow ies coninue o

warm, i is difficul o see how Egyp could remain aligned wih

Saudi Arabia. Since Russia is pro-Iran and ani-Saudi Arabia, i is

likely ha Egyp may soon have o choose eiher he Russians or

he Saudis.

I Russia and Egyp coninue graviaing back oward one

anoher, a aul line dividing Saudi Arabia and Egyp could

emerge. America’s propensiy or beraying is allies makes his

possibiliy more likely.

Such a move could drive Egyp away rom Saudi Arabia and

draw i nearer o he Iranian camp. Follow Jeremiah Jacques

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Arab Nations Fear Iran Action, U.S. InactionCallum Wood | May 13

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inauaion wih he idea o an Iran-U.S. reconciliaion. The

sudden ransiion rom near-rigid relaions under he presi-dency o Mahmoud Ahmadinejad o he emperae relaionship

now mainained under Hassan Rouhani has sen he Gul Coop-

eraion Council () scrambling.

When Iran was crippled under he weigh o sancions

and osracized by much o he inernaional communiy,

he naions were able o mainain a counerweigh o Iran.

Bu wih he Unied Saes acceping and endorsing Iran as a key

player in Middle Eas poliics, he naions are sruggling o

hold heir posiions o power.

I is more han jus a ear o wha Iran may do. I is a ear o

wha America may no do.

The naions see wha happened in Ukraine and wonder

wheher hey may ind hemselves in he same siuaion. Wha iIran invaded? Would he U.S. honor is agreemen o come o heir

aid? Aer all, he U.S. promised Ukraine ha i i gave up is nuclear

weapons he U.S. would deend i. Today, however, Crimea remains

in Russian hands, and war coninues along he border provinces

The U.S. promised o proec Georgia oo, bu ha didn’ happen

Then here were he broken promises o enorce “red lines” in SyriaI he U.S. canno be aken a is word when dealing wih Rus

sia, can i be rused wih Iran? Tha is undoubedly he quesion

being asked by leaders o he naions.

The naions’ displeasure is saring o show as U.S

inacion coninues o endanger he region. Saudi King Salman

bin Abdulaziz decided no o atend he Camp David summi

which some analyss consider o be a diplomaic snub. The only

naional leaders o atend will be rom Kuwai and Qaar. The

oher naions will send only lower-ranked represenaives.

Iran is coninuing o prove ha he naions’ ears are well

ounded.

The relaionship beween he and he U.S. is a enuous one

Wach hese relaions racure urher. The Trumpe has longorecas a change in direcion or many o he Sunni Arab naions

They sill need deense rom abroad, bu hey will increasingly

seek i rom somewhere oher han he Unied Saes.

Nuclear Iran Will Be More ‘Risky’ Than Cold War Charles Krauthammer | May 13

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would be nearly impossible or he U.S. o reverse courseunless he Ayaollah pus his oo down and decides ha he’s no

going o do anyhing wih he grea Saan, and breaks off negoia-

ions. I hink hey are no supid enough o do ha. They’ve been

handed he kingdom on a plae, no jus a paved road o nuclear

weapons, eiher by simply waiing and hey’ll have i in 10 years,

or by cheaing, which here are no real mechanisms or us o sop

or o do anyhing abou i we discover i. So hey’re going o ge

here one way or anoher under his agreemen. So why would

hey wan o risk anyhing by walking ou?

[U]nless here’s a very improbable walkou, I hink hey are

assured o nuclear capaciy. And I hink we are assured o a rulycaasrophic arms race in he Middle Eas, where he Saudis are

going o go nuclear, he U.A.E., probably, Egyp, probably Turkey

and i we hough ha wo-sided deerrence, we and he Sovies

or 50 years, was difficul, risky, and we came wihin an inch o

nuclear war in he Cuban Missile Crisis, imagine wha five-sided

deerrence is like in a region ha’s he mos unsable in he world

Tha’s wha Obama has bequeahed us. Bu I don’ see any oher

pah a he curren rae. And I don’ know wha an American

presiden, o eiher pary, will be able o do when hey’re sworn in

Saudi Arabia Promises to Match Iran in Nuclear Capability New York Times | May 13

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wih Iran ha would delay is abiliy o assemble an aomic

weapon, his firs argumen was ha a nuclear-armed Iran would

se off a “ree-or-all” o prolieraion in he Arab world. “I is

almos cerain ha oher players in he region would eel i nec-

essary o ge heir own nuclear weapons,” he said in 2012.

Now, as he gahered Arab leaders over dinner a he Whie

House on Wednesday and prepared o mee wih hem a Camp

David on Thursday, he aced a perverse consequence: Saudi Ara

bia and many o he smaller Arab saes are now vowing o mach

whaever nuclear enrichmen capabiliy Iran is permited o reain

“We can’ si back and be nowhere as Iran is allowed o reain

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much o is capabiliy and amass is research,” one o he Arab

leaders preparing o mee Mr. Obama said on Monday, declin-

ing o be named unil he made his case direcly o he presiden.

Prince Turki bin Faisal, he 70-year-old ormer Saudi inelligence

chie, has been ouring he world wih he same message.

“Whaever he Iranians have, we will have, oo,” he said a a

recen conerence in Seoul, Souh Korea.

For a presiden who came o office vowing o move oward

he eliminaion o nuclear weapons, he Iran deal has preseneda new dilemma. I he agreemen is sealed successully nex

monh—sill ar rom guaraneed—Mr. Obama will be able o

claim o have bough anoher decade, maybe longer, beore Iran

can credibly hreaen o have a nuclear weapon.

Bu by leaving 5,000 cenriuges and a growing research and

developmen program in place—he eaures o he proposed deal

ha Israel and he Arab saes oppose virulenly—Mr. Obama is

essenially recognizing Iran’s righ o coninue enrichmen o

uranium, one o he wo pahways o a nuclear weapon. Leaders

o he Sunni Arab saes are arguing ha i Iran goes down ha

road, Washingon canno credibly argue hey should no ollow

down he same one, even i heir echnological abiliies are years

behind Iran’s. …The members o he Nuclear Suppliers Group, a loose affil-

iaion o naions ha make he crucial componens or nuclear

energy and, by exension, weapons projecs, have a long lis o

componens hey will no ship o he Middle Eas. For he Saudis,

and oher Arab saes, ha leaves only Norh Korea and Pakisan,

wo counries ha appear o have masered nuclear enrichmen,

as possible sources.

I is doubul ha any o he American allies being hosed by

Mr. Obama his week would urn o Norh Korea, alhough i sup

plied Syria wih he componens o a nuclear reacor ha Israel

desroyed in 2007.

Pakisan is anoher sory. The Saudis have a naural i unac

knowledged claim on he echnology: They financed much o he

work done by A. Q. Khan, a Pakisani nuclear scienis who ended

up peddling his nuclear wares abroad. I is widely presumed haPakisan would provide Saudi Arabia wih he echnology, i no

a weapon isel.

The Arab leader inerviewed on Monday said ha counries

in he Gul Cooperaion Council, all o be represened a he

Camp David meeing, had discussed a collecive program o heir

own—couched, as Iran’s is, as a peaceul effor o develop nuclear

energy. …

“He did go behind he backs o he radiional allies o he U.S

o srike he deal,” [Prince Turki] said o Mr. Obama during a pre-

senaion o he Asan Insiue or Policy Sudies, a Souh Korean

research organizaion.

Alhough “he small prin o he deal is sill unknown,” he

added, i “opens he door o nuclear prolieraion, no closes i, aswas he iniial inenion.”

Prince Turki argued ha he Unied Saes was making

a “pivo o Iran” ha was ill advised, and ha he Unied Saes

ailed o learn rom Norh Korea’s violaions o is nuclear deals

“We were America’s bes riend in he Arab world or 50 years,” he

said, using he pas ense.

Five Iranian Boats Fire Shots in the Persian Gulf

CNN | May 14

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pore flaged cargo vessel in he Persian Gul on Thursday in

an atemp o poenially sop he ship, a U.S. official old . For

he firs ime, he inciden brough anoher Persian Gul naion

ino he recen rising mariime ensions in he region.

I is no ye clear i any o he rounds hi he Alpine Eerniy.

There were no U.S. ciizens or cargo on board. The Penagon is

sill gahering inormaion abou he inciden.

The inciden began when five small as boas, believed o be

manned by Iran’s Revoluionary Guard Corps Navy, approached

he cargo vessel jus off he coas o he Unied Arab Emiraes bu

in inernaional waer, he official said. …

The inciden began wih he Iranians ordering he ship ino

Iranian waers. When he ships maser reused, he Iranians

began o fire in a way o ry o disable he ship, no jus as warn-

ing shos, he U.S. official said.

Several shos hi he cargo ship, bu did no disable i. The ship

wen ino U.A.E. waers and he Iranians ollowed i ino hose

erriorial waers, coninuing o fire, beore breaking off. …

The Penagon recenly sopped escoring commercial vessels

hrough he Srai o Hormuz and i’s no clear i hose operaions

will resume. …

Ediorial Noe: Las week Iran boarded and commandeered a

Marshall Island’s flagged vessel in inernaional waers.

The Marshall Islands are a U.S. proecorae, so echnically

Iran may have conduced an ac of war agains America.

Exclusive: Czechs Stopped Potential Nuclear Tech Purchase by Iran-Sources

Reuters | May 14

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Iran his year o a large shipmen o sensiive echnology

usable or nuclear enrichmen afer alse documenaion raised

suspicions, UN expers and Wesern sources said.

The inciden could add o Wesern concerns abou wheher

Tehran can be rused o adhere o a nuclear deal being nego

iaed wih world powers under which i would curb sensiive

nuclear work in exchange or sancions relie.

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The negoiaors are rying o reach a deal by he end o June

afer hammering ou a preliminary agreemen on April 2, wih

Iran commiting o reduce he number o cenriuges i operaes

and agreeing o oher long-erm nuclear limiaions. …

The panel said ha in January Iran atemped o buy compres-

sors—which have nuclear and non-nuclear applicaions—made

by he U.S.-owned company Howden Compressors. …

The UN panel, which moniors compliance wih he UN sanc-

ions regime, said here had been a “alse end user” saed or heorder.

“The procurer and ranspor company involved in he deal had

provided alse documenaion in order o hide he origins, move-

men and desinaion o he consignmen wih he inenion o

bypassing expor conrols and sancions,” i added. …

The Unied Saes and is Wesern allies say Iran coninues o

ry o skir inernaional sancions on is aomic and missile pro-

grams even while negoiaing he nuclear deal.

The UN panel o expers also noed in is repor ha Briain

inormed i o an acive Iranian nuclear procuremen nework

linked o blacklised firms.

While compressors have non-nuclear applicaions in he oil

and gas indusry, hey also have nuclear uses, including in cenri

uge cascades. Cenriuges puriy uranium gas ed ino hem or

use as uel in nuclear reacors or weapons, i purified o levels o

around 90 percen o he fissile isoope uranium-235.

“Such compressors can be used o exrac enriched uranium

direcly rom he cascades,” Olli Heinonen, ormer depuy direcor general o he Inernaional Aomic Energy Agency and a

nuclear exper currenly a Harvard Universiy, old Reuers.

“In paricular, hey are useul when working wih higher

enrichmen such as 20 percen enriched uranium,” he said, add

ing ha precise specificaions o he compressors in quesion

would be necessary o make a definiive assessmen.

Iran has rozen producion o 20 percen enriched uranium, a

move ha Wesern officials cie as one o he mos imporan curbs

on Iranian nuclear aciviies under an inerim agreemen in 2013. …

Saudi Claims Oil Price Strategy Success

Financial Times | May 13

S A

rivals such as U.S. shale producers is succeeding, as he

world’s larges crude exporer seeks o reasser isel as he dom-

inan orce in he global oil marke.

The kingdom’s producion rose o a record high o 10.3 million

barrels a day in April and here is no sign ha i plans o reverse

is policy a nex monh’s meeing o , he producers’ carel,

in Vienna.

“There is no doub abou i, he price all o he las several

monhs has deerred invesors away rom expensive oil including

U.S. shale, deep offshore and heavy oils,” a Saudi official old he

Financial Times in Riyadh, giving a rare insigh ino he kingdom’shinking on oil sraegy. …

The commens rom Riyadh come wih he Saudi oil secor ac-

ing deep uncerainy in he wake o sweeping changes o he gov-

ernance o he oil minisry and he sae energy company Saudi

Aramco by King Salman, who ascended o he hrone in January.

Some oil secor observers in Saudi Arabia say ha King Sal

man’s accession increased pressure on veeran oil miniser Ali

al-Naimi and he advocaes o his oil producion sraegy o rea

firm heir posiion.

“[T]he Middle Eas is fracuring ino is wo prophesied

power blocs. The firs group is composed of Arab naions,

including Saudi Arabia, ha will ally wih Germany. The

second is he ‘king of he souh,’ which he Trumpet has iden-

ified as Iran leading he radical Islamic camp. Low oil prices

are devasaing Iran’s economy. Will Iran atemp somehing

radical o drive oil prices back up—perhaps launch a nuclear weapon? High oil prices srike direcly a he economies of

Europe. Daniel 11:40 says he king of he souh will ‘push’ a

he king of he norh, who will respond like a whirlwind.

How much will oil as a weapon play in his push?”

March 2015, Trumpet

EUROPE

Bankrupt Greece Raids Emergency IMF Funds to Avoid Unprecedented Default

Mehreen Khan, Telegraph | May 12

G I

ional Moneary Fund on Tuesday afer raiding is emer-

gency cash accoun a he Fund, in a major sign he counry is

edging ever closer o siffing is senior credior.

Ahens apped €650 million ($739.5 million) rom is “spe-

cial drawing righs” () accoun held by he Bank o Greece a

he , scraping ogeher a urher €100 million ($113.8 million)

in cash reserves o avoid going ino arrears.

The news came afer repors in Spanish paper El Mundo

said he was ready o pull he plug on he deb-sricken coun-

ry.

Fund officials reporedly old European finance minis

ers hey had grave concerns abou Ahens willingness o slash

spending, raise ax revenues, and implemen a raf o srucural

reorms, ruling hemselves ou o a resh rescue which could be

worh €30 o €50 billion.

The move o effecively shif unds rom differen accouns

a he signals Greece has all bu run ou o cash o mee is

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inernaional and domesic obligaions. According o esimaes,

Greece only has a palry €90 million in spare cash reserves afer

paying ou is monhly wage and pensions bill o €1.4 billion or

May. …

Figures rom April showed he deb salemae coninued o

spook ordinary Greeks, who pulled more han €7 billion ou o

he financial sysem las monh, sending bank deposis o resh

10-year lows ….

The Fund is repored o be pushing or a deb wrie-off or Ah-ens, as is liabiliies have opped 180 percen o . Greece owes

he a oal o €9.7 billion his year and will need o repay a ur-

her €2 billion over he course o June and July. …

Seen as he “lender o las resor” or even he mos war-orn

and financially sricken naions, he ac ha could wihdraw

is paricipaion in a bailou indicaes he dephs o Greece’s woes

Should he pull he plug, his would shif he enire burden o

a resh Greek program ono Europe. …

Ahens has already allen ino arrears wih is suppliers, while

he counry’s hospials, universiies and pension unds are srug

gling o make heir obligaions ….

European finance minisers convened in Brussels on Tuesdayo urher discuss he Greek quesion, bu ailed o make any sub

sanive progress owards sealing a bailou exension ….

The Surprising Story Behind Israel’s Complicated Love Affair With Germany

Haaretz | May 12

W E U

las monh effecively endorsing a boycot o producs rom

Israel’s setlemens, here was one noable absenee: Germany.

I was an ac ha underscored Germany’s saus as Israel’s

bes riend in Europe and he very special relaionship ha hasdeveloped beween he wo counries since hey firs esablished

diplomaic relaions 50 years ago his monh.

O course, any poswar relaionship beween Germany and

Israel was always going o be complicaed. And while he coun-

ry responsible or he greaes ragedy o he Jewish people is

now one o Israel’s saunches allies and is op rading parner

in Europe, here are sill Israelis who boycot all hings German.

As well as being a long-sanding supplier o miliary aid o

Israel, Germany is also credied in some oreign media repors

wih helping und he counry’s alleged nuclear program. …

Today, alhough Germany disagrees wih Israeli policy on se-

lemens and oward he Palesinians, and personal relaions

beween Chancellor Angela Merkel and Prime Miniser BenjaminNeanyahu are “errible,” as [ormer Israeli ambassador o Germany

and he EU Avi] Primor pus i, boh sides are commited o he rela-

ionship, and Berlin is ully commited o Israel’s securiy.

In 2008, Merkel—he firs German chancellor o address Isra-

el’s parliamen—reieraed ha Israel’s securiy was “par o Ger-

many’s Reason o Sae. ... I means ha or me, as a German chan-

cellor, Israel’s securiy is never negoiable.”

The problem is ha Israel relies oo heavily on his special

relaionship, says Dr. Sharon Pardo rom he Cener or he Sudy

o European Poliics and Sociey a Ben-Gurion Universiy o he

Negev. He believes Israel allows is relaionship wih Germany o

skew is view o he res o he Coninen.

“Israeli oreign policy doesn’ atach much imporance o

Europe,” says Pardo. “Israel believes i can always depend on Ger-

many, bu his is a misake. In recen years, here’s been a shif

even in Germany, and while Germany may be an imporan player

in he European Union, i does no run i.”

Despie he pressures, can he relaionship survive—and

hrive—or anoher 50 years? According o a January poll by

he Berelsmann Foundaion, 68 percen o Israelis have a good

opinion abou Germany, while 24 percen have a poor opinion. …

In conras, he poll ound ha only 36 percen o Germans see

Israel avorably, wih 48 percen having a “poor opinion” o Israel.

This figure was 54 percen among 18-o-29-year-olds.

There is cerainly less and less undersanding in Wesern

Europe or Israeli policies, noes Primor. …

Israel and Germany reached a deal his week regarding he

sale o our new missile boas rom Germany afer Berlin agreedo slash abou $382 million off he oal cos, officials on boh

sides said. Israel’s purchase o he vessels o proec is offshore

gas rigs is being underwriten by a cool $128 million rom he Ger

man governmen.

The deal is he laes in he long-running German policy o

providing Israel “wha i needs o mainain is securiy,” as or

mer Chancellor Gerhard Schröder saed in 2002.

Arms exchange beween he wo counries goes back all he

way o he 50s. …

Though he ull exen o hese exchanges over he years is no

known, German aid is believed o have been crucial in key Israeli

batles, including he 1967 Six-Day War and he 1973 Yom Kippur

War. Afer German unificaion in 1990, Berlin also provided armsand unds during he 1991 Gul War, according o a 2007 U.S. Con

gress repor. Tha repor also claimed ha, during he Cold War

Israel passed inelligence o Bonn on Sovie weapons capured in

he Mideas. …

In recen years, German aid has mosly come in he orm o

discouns—anamoun o grans—such as in his laes mis

sile boa deal, and on submarines. And here has been oher aid:

Deense Miniser Moshe Ya’alon said his week ha Germany

gave Israel our Pario missile bateries as par o a miliary aid

program a some poin during he las ew years.

The high-profile, conroversial deals or six dolphin subma

rines sared in he 1990s. According o a 2012 Der Spiegel repor

hese subs were inended o give Israel a second-srike capabil

iy in case o nuclear atack. In ac, according o oreign media

repors, Germany is hough o have provided unding or Israel’s

alleged nuclear weapons arsenal. …

The Hebrew Universiy’s Pro. Moshe Zimmermann, an auhor

iy on Israeli-German relaions, noes ha Israelis are much less

likely o boycot Germany han are Diaspora Jews. “Israelis believe

in he disconinuiy o German hisory, which isn’ rue o Jews in

he Unied Kingdom and he Unied Saes,” he saes. …

Proessor Zimmermann … uses he erm “schizophrenia” o

explain he Israeli ascinaion wih Germany. “You can be cynical

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and say ha Israelis admire people who are so efficien,” he muses,

“even in he way hey carried ou he Shoah.”

Zimmermann noes anoher irony: While he Holocaus has

come o loom larger in he Israeli psyche over he years, Israe

lis have a he same ime grown increasingly more sympaheic

oward Germany. …

WO R L D WAT C H

E C P R Q EU:

The European Commission orged ahead Wednesday wih a

conroversial plan o inroduce reugee quoas wihin he Euro-pean Union. According o he plan, he EU execuive proposed

aking in 20,000 reugees over wo years and disribuing hem

across Europe. I would see maximum reugee levels se or each

counry based on populaion, and employmen levels. Bri-

ain, Ireland and Denmark would receive an opion o no accep

any new immigrans. Assuming Briain does no ake par in he

proposal, Germany would ake in he mos migrans ollowed by

France and Ialy. The EU’s execuive Commission sees he quoa

plan as key o orcing he EU counries o show solidariy wih

ronline parners like Ialy, Greece and Mala.

B

R EU: B P M D

Cameron may hold a reerendum on European Union mem-bership earlier han he end o 2017. According his spokesman

speaking on Tuesday, he reerendum will ake place as soon as a

deal is reached wih he EU ha saisfies Conservaive demands

or major changes in Briain’s relaionship wih he bloc.

The commens coincide wih a meeing o EU finance minis-

ers in Brussels.

Speaking o journaliss on arrival a he meeing, Briish

Finance Miniser George Osborne insised ha his recenly

reeleced Conservaive governmen would ry o reorm he

European Union ahead o a planned reerendum on Briishmembership o he bloc. “I’m here wih a very clear mandae

o improve Briain’s relaionship wih he res o he EU and o

reorm he EU so ha i creaes jobs and increases living san

dards or all is ciizens. I don’ hink anyone is now in any

doub, we will hold ha reerendum on Briish membership

o he European Union, having conduced hese negoiaions,

Osborne said. A reerendum on Briain’s membership o he EU

by he end o 2017 was a key plank o he Conservaives’ winning

manieso in he Briish general elecion las week.

EU S P L W: T E U

seeking a Unied Naions mandae o parol Libyan waers in

an effor o curb he surge o migrans o is souhern coas. EUoreign policy chie Federica Mogherini is due o presen he draf

o he UN oday. In is curren orm, he mission would allow EU

naval orces o penerae Libyan erriorial waers and neuralize

idenified rafficking ships. The draf is also believed o call or

he use o all means necessary o desroy he business model o

he raffickers. Six EU naions have commited o aking an acive

role in he mission. All 28 member saes suppor he proposal.

ASIA

Russia and China Vow Not to Hack Each Other Jeremiah Jacques | May 11

R C

May 8, saying hey will no conduc cyberatacks agains each

oher. The deal also said he wo would work ogeher o coun-

erac echnologies hey perceive as desabilizing o heir iner-

nal affairs.

The ex o he agreemen is posed on he Russian govern-

men’s websie. I says he wo naions also agreed o share inor-

maion beween law enorcemen agencies. In addiion, hey will

reely exchange echnologies and work ogeher oward securiy

o heir inormaion inrasrucure. Oleg Demidov, a cybersecu-

riy consulan a he Cener, said he deal was an “imporan

sep” or he wo naions. He said i acceleraes Russia’s “pivoing

o he Eas.”

This cybersecuriy deal is only he laes indicaion o a Rus-

sia-China axis ha is congealing as. This axis is reoriening

21s-cenury geopoliics—and iling he advanage away rom

he Wes.

“The wo longime oes have drawn increasingly close ogeher

because o a confluence o geosraegic, poliical and economic

ineress—all o which have a common heme o diminishing,

subvering or displacing American power,” wroe Douglas E

Schoen and Melik Kaylan in heir new book, The Russia-China

Axis.

To undersand why he blossoming relaionship beween Rus

sia and China is imporan, read “The Russia-China Axis Is Here.”

Follow Jeremiah Jacques

Russian President VladimirPutin (right) and Chinesecounterpart Xi Jinpingexchange documents duringa signing ceremony at theKremlin in Moscow on May 8.

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China, Russia Vow to Promote Military Ties Xinhua | May 11

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maic miliary cooperaion so as o make new conribuions

o he in-deph developmen o bilaeral relaions, a visiing

senior Chinese miliary official has said. …

Xi and Russian Presiden Vladimir Puin agreed during heiralks o srenghen miliary exchanges beween he wo counries,

[Fan Changlong, vice chairman o China’s Cenral Miliary Com-

mission, said Sunday when holding alks wih Russian Deense

Miniser Sergei Shoigu] adding ha China is willing o work wih

Russia o implemen he significan consensus reached by he

wo heads o sae.

Fan also congraulaed he Russian side on he success o Vic-

ory Day celebraions and welcomed Russian miliary leaders

and parade unis o come o China or he celebraion commem-

oraing he 70h anniversary o he vicory o he Ani-Japanese

War in Sepember.

For his par, Shoigu hanked China or sending servicemen

o paricipae in he Red Square parade, and spoke highly o he

well-disciplined miliary manner and high morale o China’s

guards o honor.

Russian and Chinese leaders atach grea imporance o mili

ary exchanges, he said. …The deense miniser noed ha srenghening miliary coop

eraion beween Russia and China is conducive o saeguarding

world peace and sabiliy under he new circumsances.

Russia will say commited o deepening miliary exchanges

and advancing miliary ies wih China, Shoigu said.

“The Trumpet and is predecessor have forecas i for more

han five decades, bu now he world is caching on o his

undeniable rend—and realizing he massive implicaions. …

The Russia-China axis is no longer merely a forecas. It is

here, and i is changing he world.”

Trumpet,January 2015

Philippines, Japan to Hold Joint Naval Exercise in South China SeaAgence France-Presse | May 10

T P S

join exercise wih Japan in he Souh China Sea, bu empha-

sized he collaboraion was unrelaed o China’s land reclamaion

effors in he dispued waers.

Two warships rom he Japan Mariime Sel-Deense Force

() will ake par in he exercise wih a single Philippine shipafer making a por call in he Philippines his monh, said Vice

Adm. Jesus Millan. …

Millan said Japanese and Philippine sailors would have an

opporuniy o “compare noes” during he exercise, bu sressed

i had nohing o do wih he Philippines’ erriorial dispue wih

China over conflicing claims o large pars o he sea.

The Philippines has been seeking closer ies wih regional

allies amid wha i sees as Chinese agression in pressing is er-

riorial claims. …

Millan said ha pracicing wih he Japanese orce would help

wih modernizing he poorly-equipped Philippine miliary, one

o he weakes in he region. …

Earlier his monh, Japanese and Philippine coas guards held

ani-piracy drills in he Philippines, he firs such join exercise

beween he wo counries ollowing a brual occupaion by Japa

nese orces during World War . …

The Philippine miliary has also cied escalaing Chineseeffors o drive off Philippine aircraf rom a dispued island gar

risoned by Manila, which have sparked dangerous conronaions

Japan in urn has called or inernaional law o be observed in

he Souh China Sea dispue and has previously promised o help

in he modernizing he Philippines’ mariime asses.

“Increasing concern a Chinese and Asian insabiliy is a he

roo of his heighened effor o pull Japan ino a sronger

miliary role in he region.”

Trumpet,June 2001

Nepal Hit by New EarthquakesWall Street Journal | May 12

F N T,

han 40 people as he Himalayan naion was sill mourning is

dead and jus beginning o recover afer a massive emblor las

monh lef more han 8,000 dead.

A magniude-7.3 quake hi a midday in a mounainous area

eas o Kahmandu, near Nepal’s border wih China, accord

ing o he U.S. Geological Survey. Tha was ollowed by a magni

ude-6.3 abou 30 minues laer around 15 miles o he souh, and

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a number o smaller afershocks. The epicener o he April 25

earhquake, which regisered a 7.8 magniude, was wes o he

Nepalese capial.

Fory-one people have been confirmed dead and 1,261 injured

in Kahmandu and oher areas, said Kamal Singh Bam, a spokes-

man or Nepal’s naional police. In he capial, homes, gues-

houses and a leas one school have collapsed.

In India, a leas 17 people died and 39 were injured on Tues-

day ….

Tremors on Tuesday were el as ar as New Delhi and Dhaka,Bangladesh’s capial. No people were a Moun Everes’s base camp

…. Las monh’s earhquake rigered a deadly avalanche a Everes

base camp and landslides ha buried an enire village in Langang.

The laes desrucion came as search-and-rescue operaions

relaed o April’s earhquake were winding down. …

The addiional damage rom Tuesday’s quake means ha large

afershocks are likely o coninue or days or even weeks. Tha

may urher weaken buildings and cause landslides and ava

lanches, according o Sandy Seacy, head o he school o physical

sciences a he Universiy o Adelaide in Ausralia.

Ediorial Noe: Why is so much violen weaher assailing

he naions of he world? Those personally affeced by heearhquakes in Nepal need answers. You need answers.

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Why ‘Natural’ Disasters?

How China and Russia Are Teaming Up to Erode American Dominance

Telegraph | May 12

C

ever naval exercises in he Medierranean, ogeher wih a

Russian floilla.

The drills demonsrae a srenghening bond beween Mos-

cow and Beĳing, who—despie having no ormal miliary alli-ance—see heir combined migh as a counerbalance o U.S.

power.

Boh counries have been modernizing heir armed orces,

and while heir equipmen sill lags behind op-end Wesern

echnology, expers say hey are closing he gap.

Xi Jinping came o power in 2012 vowing o dedicae his presi-

dency o building he “Chinese Dream” o he “grea rejuvenaion

o he Chinese naion.”

Par o ha dream involves a major overhaul o China’s 2.3 mil-

lion-man miliary which is hree-imes he size o Russia’s bu

which criics say has become bloaed, corrup and unfi or batle. …

The People’s Liberaion Army Navy, now he larges in Asia

wih more han 300 vessels according o he Penagon, willreceive a hefy chunk o hose unds.

Beĳing currenly has a leas 25 desroyers and is building Chi-

na’s second aircraf carrier a a shipyard in is norheas—par o

ambiious plans o build a “blue waer navy” ha can give Beĳing

greaer conrol o he high seas.

China is also seeking o increase is flee o submarines,

currenly comprised o 59 diesel submarines and nine nuclear

power ones, according o a recen Unied Saes’ Office o Naval

Inelligence repor. …

While Russia’s oal acive miliary manpower is a hird o Chi

na’s, i is rich in anks and arillery. …This year he miliary will receive 50 new inerconinenal bal

lisic missiles wih nuclear payloads and 200 new aircraf. The

new Armaa ank and he Koalisiya sel-propelled arillery uni

were shown off a Saurday’s Vicory Day parade in Moscow o

commemorae he 70h anniversary o he end o he Second

World War. …

As China and Russia upgrade heir weaponry, such drills

are likely o become an increasingly requen reminder o heir

shared inen o erode U.S. supremacy. …

“God ells us ha China will be one of he le ading naions in his

grea Easern army. Groundwork for this army is being laid

right now! On he scene is a China cleverly gaining influence

and conrol of is Eas Asian neighbors and growing closer

o is norhern neighbor Russia. … Coninue o wach his

region! The fac ha he prophecies abou America’s demise

and China’s rise as an Asian hegemon are coming o pass no

only proves he validiy of God’s Word, i also ell us ha Jesus

Chris is abou o reurn.” Trumpet, January 2004

Pentagon Report: Chinese Ballistic Missiles Can Target Nearly the Entirety of the U.S.

Business Insider | May 11

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could arge almos he enirey o he U.S., according o he

Deparmen o Deense’s 2015 repor on he Chinese miliary.

The annual repor o Congress ocuses on China’s miliary

modernizaion, possible invasion plans or he sel-governing

and U.S.-allied island o Taiwan, advances in space echnology,

and Beĳing’s rapidly advancing missile capabiliies.

China’s convenional capabiliies are improving. Bu Beĳing

also now has wha could be considered he ulimae miliary

asse or a rising superpower: he abiliy o deliver nuclear war-

heads nearly anywhere on Earh (ouside o Souh America, a

leas). …

The longes-ranging o he missiles, he -4, can arge

almos he enirey o he U.S. (excep or Florida).

The -4 has he larges range o any Chinese . The

missile is nuclear-capable, according o he DoD repor, and is

housed in silos across he Chinese counryside. Beĳing is esi

maed o have beween 50 and 60 silo-based s.

The DF-31A has he second-longes range o any Chinese mis

sile. I is capable o hiting he majoriy o he U.S.’s Pacific coas in

addiion o porions o he Midwes. Unlike he -4, he DF-31A

is a road-mobile missile. This means Beĳing can move he

o various poins hroughou he counry o beter arge various

locaions and avoid possible incoming srikes. …

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LATIN AMERICA/AFRICA

Cuban President Tells Pope He May Return to CatholicismJeremiah Jacques | May 13

C P R C P F

Vaican on May 10 or a 55-minue privae meeing. The Va-

ican corresponden or America Magazine said his was an

“unusually long ime” or a privae meeing wih he pope.During he visi, Casro praised he pope or playing a crucial

role in brokering he breakhrough haw in Unied Saes-Cuba

relaions las year.

Casro also old Francis ha he has been so inspired by his

ponificae ha “i he pope coninues his way, I will go back o

praying and go back o he church, and I’m no joking.”

The surprising naure o he saemen was no los on Cas-

ro, himsel: “I am rom he Cuban Communis Pary, ha doesn’

allow [religious] believers, bu now we are allowing i,” said Cas-

ro. He called he new allowance o some religious pracice “an

imporan sep” or his naion.

A he end o he visi, Francis presened Casro wih a copy o

his aposolic exhoraion, Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of he Gos- pel). As he pope handed he documen o he Cuban presiden,

he said: “There are here some declaraions ha you will like!”

Wha “declaraions” migh Communis Casro like in Francis’s

documen?

When Francis firs released Evangelii Gaudium back in 2013, i

drew criicism or is calls o end he “yranny” o capialism and

or is espousal o exreme leis economic policies.Afer reading he documen, Andrew Napoliano, a ormer

judge o he Superior Cour o New Jersey, wroe: “The pope

seems o preer common ownership o he means o producion

which is Marxis, or privae ownership and governmen conrol

which is ascis, or governmen ownership and governmen con

rol, which is socialis. All o hose ailed sysems lead o ashes

no wealh.”

Some passages o Evangelii Gaudium read as hough hey

could have been writen by Casro himsel.

Casro’s meeing wih he pope, his conemplaion o reurn

ing o Caholicism, and his plan o hos Francis in Havana his all

show ha Vaican influence in Cuba is rapidly growing. To under

sand he significance o his, read Gerald Flurry’s aricle “ TheDeadly Dangerous U.S.-Cuba Deal.”

Follow Jeremiah Jacques

ANGLOAMERICA

Isaiah 1:7Gerald Flurry, The Key of David | May 15

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prophecies

Moody’s Cuts Chicago Bond Rating to Junk StatusRobert Morley | May 13

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worse oday.

Bond raings agency Moody’s cu he ciy’s credi raing o junk

saus ollowing a ruling by he Illinois Supreme Cour. In a deci-

sion yeserday, he cour ruled a 2013 sae-pension overhaul plan

unconsiuional or cuting benefis promised o curren work-

ers and reirees.

The downgrade affecs over $8 billion worh o general obliga-

ion bonds, which were already he second-lowes raed among

he 90 biges American ciies. Only Deroi deb is raed lower.

The hear o he problem acing he Unied Saes’ hird-

mos populous ciy is a $30 billion pension and public schools

underunding crisis.

Wih he cu o junk saus, invesors can now demand $2.2

billion in acceleraed paymens and penalies, puting urher

pressure on Chicago finances.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel called he decision o cu Chicago’s

credi raing irresponsible. Bu analyss say ha i unsusainable

benefis canno be cu, Chicago’s ax base may no be able o han

dle he increased axes needed o cover he liabiliies. This means

debs won’ ge paid regardless o Supreme Cour rulings.

Chicago currenly has he second-highes propery axes o

any major ciy in he U.S. Meanwhile, Illinois corporae ax rae

is he ourh highes in he developed world. And i has he 12h

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highes combined sae and average local sales axes in America.

Moody’s sill has is oulook or Chicago se a negaive, which

indicaes he agency expecs Chicago’s financial siuaion o dee-

riorae urher.

Invesors now worry abou conagion. I i is unconsiu-

ional or Illinois o modiy pension benefis, oher saes may

be viewed as a greaer credi risk as well. This could push up he

borrowing coss or many saes srugling o balance budges—

pushing hem urher ino he red. For an economy dependen on

deb financing o uel growh, his is no good news. Bu neiher

is he alernaive: pensioners orced o live on less—and conse

quenly spend less—han promised. Expec more economic rou

ble ahead.

Follow Rober Morley

Is There A Real Spirit World?Stephen Flurry,

Trumpet Daily | May 6

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does no negae heir exisence. Follow Sephen Flurry

Sexting and Online Bullying Are Fueling Teenage Depression:

Admissions for Anxiety up by 50 Percent in Just Four Years

Daily Mail | May 11

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ey disorders in eenagers, expers warn.

The problem is paricularly severe or girls who all vicim o

cruel remarks abou heir appearance and weigh.

Figures rom he Priory Group, he counry’s larges organiza-

ion or menal healh hospials and clinics, show admissions or

anxiey in eenagers has risen by 50 percen in only our years. …Separae figures rom he Office or Naional Saisics show

ha a fifh o eenagers and young aduls suffered some degree

o depression and anxiey las year, a higher proporion han in

oher generaions.

Psychiariss blame sexing, in which youngsers ex explici

phoos o hemselves o riends who hen commen. They say

some see i as a “orm o courship” and he chance o be noiced

by he opposie sex.

Bu he phoos can provoke exremely unkind commens, par-

icularly i unflatering images o someone are sen round behind

heir backs.

They are also worried abou online bullying on websies such

as Facebook, Twiter and Ask.m—ofen by anonymous “rolls”

hey have never me.

In 2012 and 2013, he Ask.m websie was direcly blamed

or he deahs o our eenagers in England and Ireland. These

included Hannah Smih, who hanged hersel, aged 14, afer

monhs o auning by anonymous users over her weigh, he

deah o an uncle and her sel-harming.

Hannah, rom Luterworh, Leicesershire, received messages

… [l]ess han a ornigh beore her body was ound in 2013, she

had beged her ormenors o sop.Ask.m encourages is 60 million users worldwide o ask a

quesion which is hen answered by everyone else, anonymously

Teens ofen pos picures o hemselves and hese can provoke

spieul commens. …

Dr. Naasha Bĳlani, consulan psychiaris a he Priory Hos

pial Roehampon, Souhwes London, said: “This relaively

new phenomenon o sexing—where explici exs and picures

are sen beween smarphone devices—seems o have become

endemic, and we are no sure o he long-erm consequences.

“However, coupled wih online bullying, we can expec an

increasing number o people suffering issues o rus, shame

and sel-loahing, someimes maniesing isel in sel-harming.”

She said sexing was now seen as he “new courship” bu

ofen had “nighmare consequences.” …

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cution: Ani-police senimen is aking is oll on law

enorcemen officers, according o he Daily Caller. I is resul-

ing in a police less ocused on engaging bad guys. One source a

Washingon, d.c.’s annual Police Week conerence old he Caller

ha officers have sepped back rom engaging in proacive polic

ing. Fear o legal and poliical backlash—and he percepion ha

he Jusice Deparmen engages in wich huns—is crushing

morale. For more on where his is leading, read America Under

Atack .
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