THE convention is that when parties are seeking a cessation in hostilities or a ceasefire, they engage in confidence-building measures that can eventually help silence the guns. However, in Israel’s case, the Zionist state has ‘supported’ American efforts to effect a truce in Lebanon by relentlessly pounding that country. Beirut, Baalbek and Tyre have been hit in savage bombing raids over the past few days; but these actions are unlikely to convince Hezbollah — Tel Aviv’s Lebanese arch-nemesis — to sue for........

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