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US looks unable to talk Netanyahu out of planned invasion of Lebanon
An emboldened Israel appears to believe it can safely ignore a lame duck US president and grab the chance to reset the Middle East’s security dynamics
The Biden administration is losing influence over whether Benjamin Netanyahu launches a ground invasion into southern Lebanon or not.
For more than a year, Joe Biden and his senior advisers have managed to forestall an Israeli ground incursion into Lebanon in fear of a larger war that could envelop the entire Middle East.
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