Cease-fire: Victory or trap for Lebanon?

Donald Trump's announcement of a 10-day truce in the war between Israel and Hezbollah was quickly hailed as a diplomatic victory for Beirut, especially for President Joseph Aoun, who had spoken with his American counterpart an hour earlier. But the text of this agreement, published Thursday evening by the U.S. State Department, leaves no room for doubt: Lebanon’s troubles are far from over.Furthermore, the clauses leaked by the Americans amount more to a security agreement — which was not previously negotiated — between Lebanon and Israel than to a cease-fire intended to allow negotiations to take place. From its introduction, the text provides that “both nations will work [via direct negotiations] to create conditions conducive to lasting peace between the two countries, full recognition of each other’s sovereignty and territorial...