Analysis: Could the Lebanon-Israel framework agreement open the door to stability?
BEIRUT: Lebanon is moving along two parallel tracks following the framework agreement it signed with Israel under US sponsorship on June 26, with the stated aim of ending decades of hostility between the two countries.
The Lebanese government is pressing ahead with the course set during the fifth round of US-mediated negotiations with Israel, hoping the talks will pave the way for ending Israel’s occupation of the remaining Lebanese territory under its control.
Hezbollah, however, is pursuing a different approach. The group insisted that Iran should remain its sole negotiating party in efforts to secure an Israeli withdrawal within the 60-day deadline outlined in the US-Iran memorandum of understanding reached on June 18.
In that agreement, both sides, along with what was described as “their allies in the current war,” committed to “the immediate and permanent cessation of military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon,” while guaranteeing Lebanon’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
