The agreement reached in Washington between the Israeli and Lebanese delegations under the aegis of the United States amounts to ''a surrender and a defeat''. Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem declared this, defining the direct negotiations between Israel and Lebanon as

In its defeatist worldview, the government now addresses Hezbollah through whatever terms are dictated by Washington and Tel Aviv

'Il Libano ponga fine alla farsa e all'umiliazione dei negoziati'