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centerLIVE UPDATEDemocrats and die-hard pro-Israel voices skewer Iran ceasefire, as Republicans back Trump
Submitted by Sean Mathews on Wed, 04/08/2026 - 17:51 Republican lawmakers spun the fragile Iran ceasefire as a Trumpian victory, but pro-Israel voices and Democratic sceptics called it a defeat Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli air strike that targeted an area in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, on 8 April 2026 (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP) Off Republican lawmakers greeted news of a ceasefire for the US-Israeli war on Iran with polite applause and some scepticism, while their Democratic counter
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