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As the risk of region-wide war grows in the Middle East, the United States looks increasingly like an ineffectual bystander ...

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International Gantz’s gamble Tony Walker 12 June 2024 Does Benny Gantz have the qualities needed to bring down a prime minister determined to prolong a brutal war? International March of folly Tony ...