Middle East is walking a tightrope to avoid greater calamity
The ruins of a Tehran police station bombarded during the US-Israeli assault on Iran. (Reuters)
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Against its wishes, the entire Middle East has become embroiled in the US-Israeli-Iranian triangle of conflict. Since a ceasefire was agreed at the beginning of April, the region has been left with little certainty as to whether this fragile truce will lead to a long-term solution or, should negotiations fail, to a resumption of the war, possibly with even greater intensity. Meanwhile, the facade of a united US-Israeli front regarding Iran and its proxies has begun to show widening cracks. An explosive telephone conversation between US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week illustrated these growing divisions.
