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A high-stakes diplomatic meeting in Washington, DC is set to pit representatives of State of Israel and Lebanon against each other in talks brokered by the United States, aimed at ending months of war that have ravaged Lebanon and unleashed heavy bombardment. The planned talks — featuring ambassadors and US mediation — mark the first direct diplomatic contact in decades, but optimism is thin. Hezbollah leaders have blasted the negotiations as futile and demanded they be scrapped, asserting that true leverage is on the battlefield, not in conference rooms.