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The Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, Nabih Berri, announced that a framework agreement had been reached to start negotiations on the demarcation of the borders with Israel. While Al-Mayadeen published from Lebanese sources that his negotiations with Israel are not aimed at normalization, but at stabilizing borders and restoring rights, while qualifying these negotiations as indirect, since the two delegations will not exchange talks directly, but with the mediation by a representative of the United Nations, and confirmed that they will be carried out in accordance with the Agreement of April 1996.
It is worth noting that the 1996 agreement was concluded between Lebanon and Israel with American mediation. The agreement affirms the commitment of both parties not to attack civilians, while reserving the right to self-defense in the event that one of the parties is attacked by the other.
Technical, not political
While Lebanese President Michel Aoun emphasized that the negotiations that began on Wednesday were “technical par excellence, not political,” some linked the beginning of the negotiations with Trump’s announcement of the possibility of normalizing another seven or eight countries with Israel.
Despite the inclusion in the agreement announced by Berri, that the Lebanese army will be responsible for managing the dialogue with the Israeli side, in reference to the ongoing war with Israel, civil and political parties have participated in the negotiations with the Lebanese army.
Lebanon’s National Media Agency confirmed that the first round of negotiations that took place at the United Nations headquarters in southern Lebanon had ended an hour after its launch, while the second round would take place on October 28.
An ancient struggle
It should be noted that the Lebanese-Israeli conflict is the result of the latter’s existence, since it began with David Ben-Gurion’s declaration of the establishment of the State of Israel after the British withdrawal from Palestine in 1948. But the border conflict has its origin in the dispute between Lebanon and Israel over the demarcation point of the land border at Ras al-Naqoura.
The crisis between the two parties worsened with the Israeli occupation of parts of the Lebanese borders in 1978 and ended with the withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern Lebanon, with the exception of some areas.
The conflict resumed between the two parties in 2006, and was resolved a month later with the signing of a truce between them under the auspices of the United Nations.
Although there is no agreement between the two parties that clarifies the borders between them, they are committed to a ceasefire along the so-called Blue Line.
Negotiations amid objections
Hizbullah and the Amal movement announced, in a joint statement, hours before the start of the negotiations, their objection to the formation of the Lebanese delegation, which contravenes the framework agreement announced by Berri and the agreement of April 1996, since it includes personalities of a political and economic nature, which is considered a recognition of the Israeli logic that wants any form of normalization, the statement said.
In their joint statement, Hezbollah and the Amal Movement stated that they are calling on the Lebanese government to “come back from the decision to carry out negotiations and reconfigure the Lebanese delegation in accordance with the framework agreement.”
It should be noted that the delegation included 4 members, two of them military and the other two civilians, namely Brigadier General Bassam Yassin, Colonel Mazen Basbous, technical expert Naguib Masih and a member of the Petroleum Sector Authority , Wissam Shabbat.
This statement is considered by many to be late as the names of the delegation members were announced days before the statement was announced. On Monday, the Lebanese Presidency announced the names of the delegation members, while Hezbollah and the Amal Movement released their statement on Wednesday.
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