US to host rare talks between Lebanon and Israel despite Hezbollah boycott

Washington hosts first high-level Lebanon-Israel talks in three decades, but Hezbollah's boycott casts a long shadow over prospects for peace. | Contesto: cronaca

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For the first time in thirty years, high-level representatives from Lebanon and Israel are scheduled to meet in Washington on Tuesday for direct talks mediated by the United States, aiming to end the ongoing conflict along their shared border. The discussions, a significant diplomatic undertaking by the Biden administration, mark a rare moment of official contact between the two nations, which have no formal diplomatic relations and have been in a state of war for decades. The talks come amidst a prolonged and deadly exchange of fire across the Lebanon-Israel frontier, primarily between the Israeli military and the powerful Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. This border violence has escalated since the outbreak of the Gaza war, displacing tens of thousands of civilians on both sides and raising fears of a wider regional conflagration. The United States has positioned itself as a critical intermediary, seeking to de-escalate one of the region's most volatile flashpoints through diplomatic channels. However, the immediate prospects for a breakthrough agreement appear severely limited. The central challenge is that the Lebanese delegation, while representing the state, does not speak for Hezbollah, the Iran-backed political and military force that is a dominant power in Lebanese politics and controls southern Lebanon. Hezbollah has explicitly stated it will not respect the outcome of the Washington talks, fundamentally undermining their potential authority. The group maintains that its cross-border attacks are in solidarity with Hamas in Gaza and will only cease when the war there ends. This dynamic highlights the complex and fractured nature of sovereignty in Lebanon, where the official government's ability to enforce decisions, especially on matters of war and peace with Israel, is constrained by Hezbollah's autonomous military power. Previous agreements, such as the 2006 UN-brokered ceasefire that ended the last major war between Israel and Hezbollah, have often been fragile and subject to violation. The current talks, therefore, face the daunting task of crafting a deal that is acceptable to the Israeli government, the Lebanese state, and—critically—a...

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