THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Rubio Unveils Israel-Lebanon Peace Framework, Cutting Out Iran-Backed Hezbollah.
A new framework agreement between Israel and Lebanon, brokered by the Trump administration, aims to pave the way for peace, excluding Hezbollah and its backers in Iran from the process.
A new framework agreement between Israel and Lebanon, brokered by the Trump administration, aims to pave the way for peace , excluding Hezbollah and its backers in Iran from the process. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a framework agreement between Israel and Lebanon, marking a “first step” toward peace after months of conflict involving Hezbollah . The deal was signed by the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors to the United States, Yechiel Leiter and Nada Hamadeh, respectively. KEY QUOTE: “In this performance-based trilateral framework agreement, Iran is out. Hezbollah is out. And the road to peace between Israel and Lebanon is in.” – Yechiel Leiter, Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. IMPACT:…Open