Daily Memo: US-Israel Talks, Iran’s Defense Budget

Washington is hoping to prevent any further escalation in Lebanon.

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New order. Israel and the United States are in talks on a deal that would prevent an expanded Israeli ground operation in Lebanon in exchange for Washington’s support of a sea, land and air embargo that will prevent Hezbollah from rearming itself, according to a report by Israel’s Channel 12. The negotiations are being conducted […]

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