Netanyahu caught between the US, Lebanon war, and Iran ceasefire

The ceasefire between the United States, Israel and Iran that began on April 8 is balanced, by all accounts, on a knife’s edge. Over the weekend, Iran and Israel both exchanged fire, only halting after the intervention of US President Donald Trump on Monday. However, while that round of violence may have paused after Trump called on both sides to “stop shooting”, Israel’s strikes on southern Lebanon – whose cessation is one of Iran’s key conditions for any agreement – continue. …