The 45-day extension of the Israeli-Lebanese cease-fire responds to Beirut’s condition for continuing the political-military talks but doesn’t guarantee a solution to the underlying problems. It amounts to a prolonging of the war under Donald Trump’s restrictions: Israel is barred from bombing Beirut and the Bekaa Valley but remains free to strike Hezbollah in the south, raze villages, displace residents and hunker down as a garrison force in an ever-expanding “security zone.”