Lebanon, Israel hold US-brokered talks in Rome to implement framework deal
U.S.-brokered talks aim to start Israeli pullout from two southern Lebanon zones as Hezbollah disarmament remains a condition.
- On Tuesday, Lebanon and Israel held new negotiations in Rome under Washington's auspices amid regional escalation between Washington and Tehran.
- The framework agreement reached on June 26 aims to end the war between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah, with implementation beginning via Israeli withdrawal from two "pilot zones" in southern Lebanon.
- Demanding immediate Israeli withdrawal, Lebanese officials faced resistance from analyst Orna Mizrahi of the INSS in Tel Aviv, who said Israel insists on gradual withdrawal without Hezbollah presence.
- Hezbollah rejects the agreement, which calls for the group's disarmament, as the conflict has killed more than 4,300 people since early March.
- Karim Bitar, a lecturer at Sciences Po Paris, told AFP the risk of major fighting "is, of course, not negligible," though Tehran likely wants to preserve Hezbollah as a long-term deterrent.
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Lebanon, Israel conclude two days of 'positive' talks: US official
BEIRUT: Lebanon and Israel completed a new round of Washington-mediated negotiations in Rome on Wednesday, agreeing to implement the “pilot zones” in southern Lebanon agreed under a recent framework deal, a US official said. “Talks concluded after two days of productive and positive discussions,” the official said in a statement shared by the US embassy in Beirut, adding that the participants “agreed on the structure and guidelines for the pilot…
Israeli media reported that following the sixth round of direct negotiations between Tel Aviv and Beirut in Rome, the Israeli army could withdraw from the two pilot areas it occupies in southern Lebanon within a few days.
State Dept. Touts ‘Positive’ Rome Talks, But Israel and Lebanon Leave Without Timetable
State Department hosted talks between Israel and Lebanon were once again cheered by the State Department today as “productive and positive,” which might explain why the US has cheerfully hosted no less than six rounds worth of such talks despite very little of consequence ever coming out of them. A…
Lebanon, Israel near pilot zones deal after productive Rome talks
US-mediated talks in Rome brought Lebanon and Israel closer to launching pilot zones in southern Lebanon. The move could start Israeli withdrawals and open the way for broader ceasefire and peace negotiations.
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