THE ink on the latest ceasefire extension between Israel and Lebanon was barely dry when Israeli warplanes were back in the skies over the south of the latter country. Six people were killed — three of them paramedics serving at a clinic. Meanwhile, villages across southern Lebanon have once again been forced to empty. This is hardly a ceasefire; it is a mere ritual for diplomatic consumption while the bombs continue to fall and kill. The pattern by now is grimly familiar. Israel agrees to pause hostilities, its........

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