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Multiple U.S.-brokered ceasefires between the Lebanese and Israeli governments have failed to stop the fighting.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
The goal is minimal, a memorandum of understanding to stop the fighting, open the strait and set up talks on more difficult issues.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
In addition to teaching and writing, he enjoyed golfing, horseback riding, fighting City Hall over an environmental issue, volunteering in soup kitchens and speaking to youth organizations, according to his bio.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
First, he tells them, "we are fighting this revolution now because the generations before us failed to fulfil that responsibility".
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
“What I don’t get is why there are two sides fighting over us.”
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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