For now, links to articles via Middle East Monitor and Consortium News; others are accessible by clicking on their names as highlighted. (Scroll down for LEBANON 4-17-26.  Scroll up for today’s IRAN and GAZA so far.) — MCM

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FROM APRIL 17  The collapse is real — Lebanon ceasefire marks a historic strategic defeat, by Ramzy Baroud | Middle East Monitor  A ceasefire in Lebanon was announced on Thursday by U.S. President Donald Trump, it was not the product of American diplomacy, nor Israeli strategic calculation. It was imposed — largely as a result of sustained Iranian pressure. READ MORE . . .

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FROM APRIL 14  Apologies to Gaza & Lebanon, by Vijay Prashad | Peoples Dispatch / Consortium News  As the United States farcically walks away from the negotiations with Iran in Pakistan, it was always a matter of concern whether Israel would abide by any such agreement. Israel has a history with these ceasefires. READ MORE . . .

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