ACROSS the Middle East, three main hotspots should remain cause for concern for the international community: the ‘frozen’ Iran war, the Lebanese conflict, and the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza. All these crises are interlinked as they involve either direct US military intervention or Washington-backed aggression by Israel. Therefore, in the interests of peace, America must refrain from further militaristic adventurism, while also restraining its bellicose ally Israel. Short of this, it is difficult to see these conflicts being resolved peacefully. Instead of external actors, such as the US, playing the role of imperial saviour and invading and bombing the affected countries into ‘freedom’, regional states should take the........

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