Quiet in the Middle East

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Smoke rises from southern Lebanon during an Israeli military operation. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

It’s Friday, April 17, and as of midnight, for the first time since Feburary 28, there is no fighting in the Middle East. While this 10-day ceasefire agreement ostensibly returns the northern front to a pre-Roaring Lion status quo—where Israel can routinely st…