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Here are links to an analysis via the New Arab and (for the second time) to a discussion from Middle East Monitor; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll up or down for GAZA, IRAN and UKRAINE, and down for LEBANON 7-1-26.) — MCM 

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FROM JULY 1  How the Lebanon framework agreement reshapes the U.S.-Iran standoff, by Mouin Rabban | The New Arab  Most commentary on the June 26 U.S.-Israel-Lebanon Trilateral Framework agreement has focused on the text of the document, and specifically the extent to which Lebanon’s leadership, under the pretext of restoring sovereign hegemony to the Lebanese state, in practice forfeits it to Israel. READ MORE . . .

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FROM JULY 1  Inside the collapse of global accountability for Israel.* Nassim Ahmed of Middle East Monitor talks with Mouin Rabbani of the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. The last 10 minutes or so of the interview concern the above-mentioned Trilateral Framework agreement and how it does not square with the Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Iran. Click HERE for video and advance to about 45 minutes in.

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* The whole interview was previously reposted at GAZA 7-1-26.