There is a particular clarity that comes to a leader who governs at the edge of an abyss. In Beirut, that clarity has arrived—slowly, reluctantly, and at an almost unbearable cost. President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam are not pursuing direct negotiations with Israel because they wish to.
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