The United States, Israel and the Gulf Arab states are pressuring Lebanon’s government to act decisively against the group.

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The United States, Israel and the Gulf Arab states are pressuring Lebanon’s government to act decisively against the group.

© Hassan Ammar/Associated Press

At a delicate moment in Lebanese politics, the envoy, Thomas J. Barrack Jr., provoked outrage by warning journalists at a news conference there not to be “animalistic.”

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