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US-Brokered Framework Links Israeli Withdrawal to Hezbollah Disarmament
Nabih Berri rejected the framework agreement three days after it was signed, calling it an agreement of dictates. Hezbollah also denounced the deal as humiliating and vowed to continue fighting.
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Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said the US-brokered framework agreement with Israel will not be adopted or implemented in its current form. Berri, 88, described the deal as an agreement of dictates that fails to guarantee Lebanon’s rights and stated it is 10 times worse than the May 17, 1983 agreement between Beirut and Jerusalem.
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem declared the agreement null and void and humiliating. Qassem said the framework represents a grave blunder that crosses all red lines by linking Israeli withdrawal to the disarmament of the resistance throughout Lebanon.
He called for the framework to be replaced with the Memorandum of Understanding reached between Iran and the U.S. and stated that Hezbollah would continue to fight Israel and would not disarm.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the agreement marks another major milestone in President Trump’s effort to bring lasting peace and stability to the Middle East. The U.S. will commit $100 million in humanitarian assistance in coordination with the United Nations under the agreement.
