Netanyahu to speak to Lebanon's Aoun, Israeli minister claims

Israeli minister announces unprecedented high-level contact with Lebanon, a claim immediately denied by officials in Beirut. | Contesto: cronaca

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An Israeli cabinet minister has publicly claimed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will soon speak directly with Lebanese President Michel Aoun, a potential diplomatic breakthrough between two nations technically at war for decades. Gila Gamliel, Israel's Minister of Science and Technology, made the announcement during an interview with Israel's Army Radio, stating the contacts would occur "after so many years of disconnect between the countries." The claim, if substantiated, would mark a historic and direct line of communication between the highest levels of the Israeli and Lebanese governments, which have no formal diplomatic relations. The context for the alleged contact is the profound economic and political crisis gripping Lebanon, which Gamliel explicitly cited. "Lebanon needs assistance at this time because it lacks the necessary capabilities," she told the radio station. Her comments framed the potential dialogue not merely as a bilateral thaw but as a coordinated effort involving external powers. She argued that "with the involvement of the United States and Israel, it will ultimately be possible to meet the need to disarm Hezbollah," directly linking the prospect of Israeli assistance to the neutralization of the Iranian-backed Shiite militant group that dominates southern Lebanon and is a sworn enemy of the Jewish state. Gamliel's statement immediately injected a new and contentious element into the complex regional calculus. As a member of Netanyahu's own ruling Likud party, her remarks carry significant weight and are unlikely to be a mere freelance speculation. They suggest a possible, though unconfirmed, diplomatic channel being explored by Jerusalem. The framing indicates a strategic Israeli objective: to leverage Lebanon's catastrophic financial collapse, which has paralyzed the state and fueled widespread public anger towards the entire political class, including Hezbollah, to drive a wedge between the Lebanese state and the armed group. However, the announcement was met with swift and firm denial from Beirut, casting serious doubt on its immediacy. A Lebanese government official, speaking to the Reuters news agency on condition of...

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