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- Lebanon's creative talent suffers as Iran war squeezes Gulf economies
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- US wants Netanyahu to condemn settler siege in Palestinian village, officials say
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- Israeli settlers divert Palestinian water to fill West Bank pool
- US says lower oil prices, not Iran's nuclear program, are now top priority in war
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