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Links to FIVE reports: from the Associated Press, National Public Radio, the Cradle, and Reuters; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up for WEST BANK, ALL OF IT and IRAN, and down for LEBANON 6-15-26.) — MCM

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Iran says the deal to end the war with the U.S. requires Israel to withdraw from Lebanon, by Jon Gambrell, Sam Metz and Samy Magdy | AP  DUBAI — Iran’s top diplomat said today that the tentative deal to end the war with the United States would require Israel to withdraw from Lebanon — a condition Israel has already rejected and that could sink the agreement, leading to the resumption of all-out war. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others. Click HERE for report from NPR.

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Israel’s ambassador to the U.S. talks about U.S.-Iran deal to end war. Steve Inskeep of NPR asks Israel’s ambassador to the U.S. Michael Leiter about the peace deal the Trump administration says it’s made with Iran. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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FROM JUNE 15  Lebanon files UN complaint accusing Israel of using taxic chemicals in ‘scorched earth’ campaign. From the Cradle. The Lebanese Foreign Ministry announced on Sunday that it had filed a complaint with the UN over Israel’s spraying of the herbicide glyphosate as a method of war in Lebanese territory near the border earlier this year. READ MORE . . .

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FROM JUNE 15  Lebanon fighting eases after U.S.-Iran deal; displaced residents warned not to rush home. From Reuters. Fighting in southern Lebanon abated on Monday after the announcement of a U.S.-Iran deal to end the wider conflict, but local authorities warned displaced people not to rush home and Israel said it would not withdraw its troops from the area. READ MORE . . .

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