In the midst of the turmoil, talk of a settlement is still circulating in the corridors of American politicians. Where the American envoy will return Amos Hochstein After holding discussions in Israel To Washington and will not go to BeirutThis seems to indicate, according to analysts, that there are no new messages or breaches that can be relied upon to be discussed in Lebanon.
Reuters quoted two informed sources as saying that Washington had asked… Lebanon Declaring a unilateral ceasefire to help advance final agreement talks.
Officials familiar with the talks between Hochstein and…McGurk Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin NetanyahuIt is expected that US administration envoys will return to Washington to complete the deal after meeting with President Joe Biden And the US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.
For his part, the Minister of Foreign Affairs confirmed Anthony BlinkenThe negotiations are making progress towards reaching a ceasefire agreement between Israel and…HezbollahStressing the need for both parties to commit to implementing the international resolution.
Lebanon options
Sky News Arabia’s special analyst, Bechara Charbel, confirms that Lebanese government She must take the initiative to convince the president Nabih Berri andHezbollah Continuing to refuse to implement Resolution 1701 further aggravates the situation in Lebanon.
Charbel adds, “Lebanon today has two options to get out of this crisis: First option It is acceptance Ceasefire Unilaterally, which allows for a new dynamic to persuade the international community to put pressure on Israel to limit losses The second option It is “for President Nabih Berri to take the initiative to call for the election of a President of the Republic who will be in charge of negotiating this matter.”
The spokesman confirms that this is not the first time that a unilateral ceasefire has been proposed, whether by Lebanon or Hezbollah, as this was done after the assassination of the Secretary-General of Hezbollah. Hassan Nasrallah And his potential successor Hashem Safi Al-Din Put forward a proposal of this kind.
Charbel referred to a French proposal and a similar Jordanian proposal previously proposed for a unilateral ceasefire in parallel with the election of a president of the republic, as he believed he could supervise the building of institutions and negotiate instead of Hezbollah, but that proposal was rejected.
He continues that the proposal proposed today was also rejected, because Hezbollah considers it a surrender, and that its re-presentation comes after Hochstein failed to reach an understanding with Netanyahu on how to implement the plan. Resolution 1701.
Optimism to reach an agreement
The special analyst for Sky News Arabia believes that President NPocket timer He had based his optimism regarding reaching a ceasefire on a call from Hochstein in which he confirmed that he would go to Tel Aviv to reach an understanding, as well as on the margin that Hezbollah gave to President Nabih Berri to begin serious negotiations for a ceasefire and implement the UN resolution.
Charbel adds that Berri cannot go beyond the margin because Hezbollah and the Iranians are the ones who decide how these negotiations can proceed.
The analyst points out that Hockstein was trying to “take advantage of the gray area in Resolution 1701, and Prime Minister Mikati and Speaker Berri were also trying to benefit from it, that is, to confirm that Lebanon is adhering to the resolution, but without detailing the issue of the committee that will monitor implementation inside Lebanon.”
The spokesman explained that there was agreement to support Lebanese Army And stop attributing GazaHowever, monitoring the land borders and dismantling Hezbollah’s internal structure was difficult to agree upon, as Netanyahu wants almost direct supervision over the issue of dismantling the party.
Charbel believes that Netanyahu’s plan does not stop at the issue of securing the borders and the return of the residents of northern Israel to their homes, as he confirmed yesterday once again that he wants to change… The Middle EastAnd he wants there to be a new Middle East in this region.