US EditionLebanon heads to historic Israel talks with few hopes except to staunch bloodshed
The talks would focus on a ceasefire and Hezbollah’s disarmament as Lebanon says more than 3,700 people have been killed in the war.
- On Tuesday, Israeli and Lebanese envoys will meet at the U.S. State Department to discuss declaring a ceasefire and beginning formal negotiations between the two countries under U.S. mediation.
- Following Israeli strikes across Lebanon that killed 357 people on Wednesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to the talks under pressure from President Donald Trump to scale back operations.
- Israel refuses to discuss a ceasefire, focusing instead on Hezbollah's disarmament; Israeli Ambassador to Washington Yechiel Leiter stated Israel "refused to discuss a ceasefire with the Hezbollah terrorist organization."
- Lebanon enters negotiations as a "house divided," with Hezbollah opposing direct talks and the state struggling to enforce any agreement against the armed group's tens of thousands of operatives.
- Past failed agreements raise doubts, as a 2024 ceasefire failed to stop near-daily Israeli strikes; experts question whether any new deal can effectively restrain Hezbollah given Lebanon's weakened negotiating position.
107 Articles
107 Articles
Israel and Lebanon are continuing to hold discussions in Washington Tuesday, although an army remains a distant perspective. Israel says it will not discuss any cessation of fighting with Hezbollah, which will consider the main obstacle to peace. The meeting will mark the first official contact between the two countries that do not maintain diplomatic relations. Meanwhile, the Lebanese authorities say that Israeli attacks have killed more than 1…
Israel said on Friday it would not discuss a ceasefire with the militant group Hezbollah during talks with the Lebanese government in Washington next week.
Lebanon confirmed negotiations with Israel on a ceasefire in Washington next Tuesday.
La Tercera
diarioestrategia.clLebanese President Joseph Aoun announced this Friday that the negotiations for a ceasefire with Israel will begin next Tuesday, April 14, with a meeting in Washington, a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered to hold peace talks with Lebanon despite insisting on his refusal to a truce with that country. The date of the meeting was set on a three-way telephone call between the US ambassadors of Lebanon and Israel, Nada Hamade…
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 40% of the sources are Center
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
