00:00Despite both Israeli and Lebanese officials describing their rare direct talks in Washington as positive,
00:06little is expected to change on the ground, according to a Middle East analyst.
00:11That is largely because the Lebanese government has limited influence over Hezbollah.
00:17One of the main obstacles for these peace talks is that actually the one party to the conflict,
00:24which is Hezbollah on the Lebanese side, is not included, of course, in the negotiation format.
00:33So these negotiations are between the state of Israel and the state of Lebanon,
00:40but the state of Lebanon itself, the present government, seems unable to finally tame Hezbollah
00:47and to rein in their influence in Lebanon.
00:50I don't think the Israelis expect a very concrete result on the field from these peace talks.
01:03Clearly, the Israelis didn't want a ceasefire.
01:06They think they have to keep on fighting Hezbollah themselves
01:10because they know the Lebanese authorities are unable to disarm Hezbollah.
01:15And apparently, the Israelis accepted these talks only under very strong pressure from the United States,
01:21who don't want the ongoing Israeli military operations in Lebanon
01:26to derail the diplomatic process with Iran.
01:30we're not going to take that date for a great видеọtwest of arises from those residents.
01:30they know that there was a notification covenant profesional.
01:30So this would be the same.
01:31Less than in this story.
01:31Now, let's go on to the beginning to this situation.
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