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Hezbollah-controlled Lebanon now presides over the UN Security Council. This means, in effect, that a terror organization presides over the body entrusted with guaranteeing the world's security. You couldn't make this thing up.

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Benjamin Netanyahu
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: October 21
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