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Lebanese and Israeli representatives are set to meet in Washington, DC, today. It was reported yesterday that Lebanon was hoping to extend the shaky ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel by a month. At the same time, Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar openly considered the notion of peace between the two nations at an Independence Day speech on Wednesday. Horovitz weighs in.

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