Exclusive: What the Lebanese government wants from talks with Israel

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A Lebanese delegation will meet Israeli officials in Washington next week to discuss ending the conflict and the future of Hezbollah. Lebanon aims to establish state institutions as the sole channel for negotiations, seeking to assert itself as an equal party and distance itself from potential Iranian agreements.

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Caught between Israeli belligerence, Iranian power projection and lukewarm American attention, the Lebanese government is trying to create a new format for negotiations that makes it an equal party in any discussions over Lebanon’s future. The problem, however, is if any of those powers will take the Lebanese government seriously and allow it to assert real influence.

Exclusive: What the Lebanese government wants from talks with Israel

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