Lebanese President Aoun refuses Netanyahu meeting until Israeli attacks cease
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Updated · The Wall Street Journal · May 4
Lebanese President Aoun refuses Netanyahu meeting until Israeli attacks cease
12 articles · Updated · The Wall Street Journal · May 4
Aoun said on Monday Lebanon must first secure a security agreement and halt Israeli strikes before any face-to-face talks with the Israeli prime minister.
He said negotiations would continue because Lebanon had no other option, even as Hezbollah opposes direct talks and demands Israeli withdrawal before any negotiation.
Despite a ceasefire announcement, both sides have kept attacking each other, while US pressure for direct talks and Iran-linked diplomacy are further complicated by the fighting.
As a fragile US-Iran ceasefire holds, is Lebanon being abandoned to a devastating proxy war?
With Israel planning a permanent occupation of south Lebanon, is another decades-long conflict now inevitable?
Can Lebanon's government disarm Hezbollah and survive, or is the state already lost?