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Clinton toils in the shadows
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Ben Smith Ben Smith – Tue Jun 23, 5:49 am ET

Back last fall, when Barack Obama sprang his surprise about naming former rival Hillary Clinton as his secretary of state, many people assumed she would be the Cabinet’s brightest star — a celebrity at large on the world stage, the face of American foreign policy while the president was consumed back home by domestic issues and a troubled economy.

Few commentators predicted the reality: an era of grindstone leadership at the State Department.

But that’s exactly what Clinton has fashioned at Foggy Bottom. She has become a disciplined loyalist who jostles for White House influence just like any Cabinet secretary and who has advanced her cause by striking some key internal alliances.

Most surprisingly, she has about as low a news-making profile as is possible for someone who is arguably the most famous woman on the planet. When she slipped and broke her elbow last week, it was the most press coverage she had gotten in months. A Nexis database search showed she had fewer mentions last month than any time since she launched her presidential bid in January 2007.

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Syria Releases 23 Lebanese, Including 8 Classified as Missing
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The Lebanese side of the Lebanese-Syrian committee tasked with following up issue of missing and detainees in Syria has received a list of 23 Lebanese who were recently freed from Syrian jails, An Nahar daily reported Tuesday. The newspaper said that the Syrian side handed over the names of the 23 whose names were on […]

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La famille et la fiscalité
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La famille et la fiscalité :
berceau de la révolution de l’organisation sociale du Mont Liban au XIX° siècle 
  
 
Anouk CAMBONIE
Nadim EL-KHAZEN
 

Le Mont Liban connaît au cours du XIX° siècle une série d’insurrections virulentes et organisées. Ces dernières prennent le nom d’ Ammiyya. Ce sont de véritables mouvements populaires sur lesquels se fonde un consensus général entre les divers groupes sociaux de la montagne. Cette nouvelle forme d’opposition qui apparaît alors va être en totale contradiction avec la construction sociale traditionnelle de la montagne, à savoir une solidarité et une conscience de groupe.  Ces groupes sont alors bien délimités et la solidarité qui s’y établit est propre à chacun d’eux et ne va pas au-delà. La forme de solidarité présente avant le XIX° siècle, au sein de chaque groupe, implique une conception du pouvoir et une organisation sociale fondées sur l’autorité constituée, le droit héréditaire et l’intérêt particulier. Ainsi, alors que la ‘asabiyya génère la création de groupes et de clans fermes et solidaires en leur sein qui conduisent à la division de la montagne, les ammiyyats vont être un facteur fédérateur. Paradoxalement, les ammiyyats fédèrent autour de l’opposition au système de l’organisation et de la cohésion sociale présent alors. Aussi est-il possible d’avancer que les ammiyyats sont la cause même de l’implosion de ce système caractéristique de la montagne libanaise. Ainsi, la crise de la construction sociale semblerait avoir une cause endogène.
En d’autres termes, comment et dans quelles mesures le système politique et social du Mont Liban du début du XIX° siècle va-t-il constituer un contexte propice à une crise de la conception traditionnelle du pouvoir et du contrôle social ?
Après avoir analysé les bases de la construction sociale traditionnelle au Mont Liban, qui déterminent la conception du pouvoir au XIX° siècle,  il apparaitra important de noter les mutations du système politique et social qui s’opèrent avec la mise en place des ammiyyats

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Who are the Priests- Paul Kerbage
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 من هم الكهنة؟

 

 

 

 

 

الكهنة هم منتدبو المسيح الرأس ليبنوا ويشيدوا جسده كلّه أي الكنيسة، كمعاونين للدرجة الأسقفية. فعلى هذا الأساس يجعلهم سر الكهنوت على شبه المسيح الكاهن وبتكريسهم بالمعمودية نالوا علامة الدعوة وهبة النعمة اللتين تمكناهم وتضطرانهم إلى السعي رغم الضعف البشري وراء الكمال. الكهنة بقبولهم الكهنوت كرسوا لله بصورة جديدة ليكونوا أدوات حيّة بيد المسيح الكاهن الأبدي ليواصلوا العمل العجيب الذي به رمم الجماعة البشرية بأجمعها. ومن ثم فلما كان كلّ كاهن يقوم على طريقته مقام المسيح نفسه، فهو بحكم ذلك مجهز بنعمة خاصة، فتمكّنه من السعي إلى كمال ذاك الذي يمثله، وبواسطة هذه النعمة أيضاّ يجد ضعفه الإنساني بقداسة ذاك الذي صار لأجلنا الكاهن الأعظم.

إن المسيح الذي قدّسه الأب، قد بذل نفسه عنّا ليفتدي ويطهر من كل خطيئة شعباً يخصّه، كذلك الكهنة، فإنهم إذ تكرسوا بمسحة الروح القدس وأرسلهم المسيح يميتون في أنفسهم أعمال الجسد ليكونوا بكلّيتهم في خدمة الناس.

 تلك هي القداسة التي يؤتيهم المسيح إياها وبها يدنون من الإنسان الكامل، فبممارستهم إذاً خدمة الروح والبرً يتأصّلون في الحياة الروحية، و إن ما يرتّب حياتهم نحو الكمال إنما هو أعمالهم الليتورجية في كل يوم، و خدمتهم بأسرها يقومون بها بالشركة مع الأسقف والكهنة.

إلى ذلك، فإن قداسة الكهنة عنصر جوهري لكي يخصبوا الخدمة التي يقومون بها. فإنّ هذا المجمع المقدس رغبةً منه في بلوغ غايته الراعوية من تجدد الكنيسة في الداخل، ونشر الإنجيل في العالم كله والحوار مع عالم اليوم.

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Who is Jeffrey Feltman?
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Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs: Who is Jeffrey Feltman?
Sunday, June 14, 2009

In taking over the State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Jeffrey D. Feltman is no stranger to the issues and key players of the region, having spent much of his Foreign Service career in diplomatic posts in Israel and Lebanon. Feltman is also a polarizing figure, as far as Syria and Hezbollah are concerned, after having dealt with him as U.S. ambassador to Lebanon during the second half of the Bush administration.

 
Born in Greenville, Ohio, Feltman, 50, attended college at Ball State University in Indiana, where he received his undergraduate degree in history and fine arts in 1981. He attended graduate school at Tufts University and earned his master’s degree in law and diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law in 1983.
 
He joined the Foreign Service in 1986, serving his first tour as consular officer in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. In 1998, he shifted regions and moved to the U.S. Embassy in Hungary, where he worked as an economic officer until1991. The move represented the beginning of a diplomatic career that would focus on Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
 
From 1991 to 1993, Feltman served as a special assistant to Deputy Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger, concentrating on the coordination of U.S. assistance to Eastern and Central Europe. The following year he studied Arabic at the University of Jordan in Amman, adding to his French and Hungarian language skills.
 
In 1995, Feltman began a three-year tour at the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, covering economic issues in the Gaza Strip. He became well known locally for personally testing “the freedom of movement of goods through army checkpoints in and out of Gaza by physically standing at one and counting the number of trucks that passed through on a given day,” according to the Jerusalem Post, “and for having gotten the inside track on the fishing situation off the Gaza coast by striking up a relationship with the local known as the “King of Fish” at Gaza’s market.
 
From 1998-2000, Feltman served as chief of the political and economic section at the U.S. Embassy in Tunisia. Then it was back to Embassy Tel Aviv where he was Ambassador Martin Indyk’s special assistant on peace process issues (2000-2001). In August 2001, he moved to the U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem, where he served first as deputy and then as acting principal officer until December 2003.
 
Feltman volunteered to serve at the Coalition Provisional Authority office in Irbil, Iraq, from January to April 2004. The move endeared him to the Bush administration, and earned him his first ambassadorship—to Lebanon. He was sworn in on July 22, 2004, as the United States’ top diplomat in Beirut, and stayed until January 2008.
 
 

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Lebanese elections results in keseroaun 2009
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كسروان

 

عدد الأقلام المفرزة: 121\149
 
عدد الأصوات المفرزة: 45884\60336
 
عدد البلدات: 69
 
عدد المقاعد: 5
 

 

   معدل أصوات لائحة التغيير والاصلاح
  معدل أصوات لائحة الموالاة 
 
 
   ادما والدفنه  
 
   163  
 
   89  
 
 
   اغبة  
 
   60  
 
   101  
 
 
   بوار  
 
   567  
 
   676  
 
 
   حصين  
 
   237  
 
   34  
 
 
   زعيتره  
 
   0  
 
   0  
 
 
   صفرا  
 
   609  
 
   233  
 
 
   عبرا وشان  
 
   67  
 
   163  
 
 
   عذره والعذر  
 
   172  
 
   216  
 
 
   عقيبة  
 
   262  
 
   198   
 
 

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March 14 coalition retains majority after parliamentary elections
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March 14 coalition retains majority after parliamentary elections
Opposition source concedes defeat, accepts ‘will of people’
By Mirella Hodeib
Daily Star staff
Monday, June 08, 2009

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s opposition conceded defeat against the March 14 coalition in pivotal polls Sunday after weeks of fierce campaigning. "We’ve lost the election," a senior opposition source, who declined to be identified, told Reuters. "We accept the result as the will of the people." "We’ll go back to the way we were," the source added.

The opposition source said the March 14 coalition is expected to ensure between 69 and 70 seats in the 128 parliament.  The number matches figures predicted by the March 14 Forces.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt on Sunday warned the March 14 Forces against "isolating the other party."

The 2009 electoral battle centered in Christian districts, since the results of almost 100 seats of the assembly were decided in advance.

As The Daily Star went to press, unofficial results showed the March 14 Forces won by a clean sweep the districts of Beirut I, Batroun, Koura, and Bsharreh, and Tripoli.

According to unofficial results, Prime Minster Fouad Siniora won a parliamentary seat in the coastal city of Sidon. 

 

Preliminary results also showed the March 14 Forces as having a chance to win the Bekaa town of Zahle’s seven seats.

According to unofficial results, the Free Patriotic Movement won all seats in the districts of Kesrouan, Jbeil, Baabda and Jezzine. 

The results of another decisive district, Metn were still unclear at dawn on Sunday. 

 

 

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Kesrouaun turnout of 70 percent highest in country
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Kesrouaun turnout of 70 percent highest in country
By Therese Sfeir
Daily Star staff
Monday, June 08, 2009

KESROUAN: Kesrouan witnessed the highest turnout in the parliamentary elections on Sunday, with the participation rate in the district reaching 70 percent. Residents of Kesrouan-Ftouh started to gather at polling stations at 6 a.m. Sunday under tight security measures.

Two lists battled for the five Maronite seats in Kesrouan. The Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) headed by retired General Michel Aoun ran against a list formed by the March 14 Forces and Independents.

The FPM list included Aoun, Farid Elias Khazen, Youssef Khalil, Gilberte Zwein and Neamatallah Abi Nasr, all of whom represented Kesrouan in the Parliament that was elected in 2005.

The March 14 Forces and Independents’ list included former MPs Farid Haykal Khazen, Mansour Bon and Fares Boueiz, the president of the National Liberal Party Carlos Edde and journalist Sejaan Azzi.

Interior Minister Ziyad Baroud cast his ballot in the town of Jeita.

Addressing reporters afterward, he said that competition was a "sign of healthy elections."

After casting his ballot in the town of Mayrouba, Reform and Change MP Youssef Khalil expressed his satisfaction with the electoral process in general, but complained about delays and some obstructions facing voters.

He also urged Baroud to ask staff at polling stations to "speed up the electoral process, taking into consideration the massive participation of voters."

Khalil added that the election process would likely extend into the evening hours at "most of the stations as the participation rate is very high, which is very positive."

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