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The Spread of Middle East Turmoil Is a Risk to Biden

An Israeli air strike on the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila on April 14.

Photographer: Rabih Daher/AFP/Getty Images

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When President Joe Biden presented a comprehensive peace plan for Gaza a week ago, he must have been hoping to score a big foreign-policy win just five months before the US election.