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'Huge setback' threatens to 'torpedo' Trump's coveted peace deal: report
When Israel Bombs, Diplomacy Pretends It Was a MishapThe Source of the CrisisThe reporting describes a U.S.-Iran peace deal on the verge of collapse after Israel launched airstrikes on Beirut on Sunday, killing at least two people and wounding four. Iran had made a halt to Israel’s bombardment of Lebanon a non-negotiable condition for ending the war, and Israel ignored it. Trump, meanwhile, was pushing to finalize the deal on Sunday, even tying it to his own birthday theatrics.Who Actually Holds the LeversThe real institutional power in this story is not the diplomats speaking in…
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