In the US, the Middle East is already emerging as a key arena for the anticipated contest between Vance and Rubio for the Republican nomination, writes Mouin Rabbani. [GETTY] Most commentary on the 26 June US-Israel-Lebanon Trilateral Framework agreement has focused on the text of the document, and specifically the extent to which Lebanon’s leadership, under the pretext of restoring sovereign hegemony to the Lebanese state, in practice forfeits it to Israel.