The Lebanon-Israel agreement is paving the way for the next war
Key takeaways
- And the agreement has ensured that Lebanon will be blamed for it
- Director of Policy at Badil | The Alternative Policy Institute.
- The reactions were swift: condemnation from wide swaths of Lebanon’s political actors, including Hezbollah and its allies, as well as protests in the streets and criticism in the media.
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And the agreement has ensured that Lebanon will be blamed for it
Director of Policy at Badil | The Alternative Policy Institute.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Israel's ambassador to the US, Yechiel Leiter, and Lebanon's ambassador to the US, Nada Hamadeh, sign an agreement at the State Department in Washington on June 26, 2026 [Ken Cedeno/Reuters)After months of war, pressure and diplomatic choreography, Lebanon has effectively entered into a declaration of intent with Israel. The reactions were swift: condemnation from wide swaths of Lebanon’s political actors, including Hezbollah and its allies, as well as protests in the streets and criticism in the media.