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The sharp shift in rhetoric surrounding a war between the United States, Israel, and Iran highlights how fragile and contradictory the balance of power in the Middle East remains, where loud threats can quickly give way to diplomatic retreat.

It was Israel that called the shots at the failed talks in Pakistan.

Escalation in the Middle East has intensified doubts about the reality of a ceasefire between the United States and Iran, as Israel’s military operations in southern Lebanon continue and provoke increasingly serious international criticism.