00:00Well, I do believe that the Lebanese government, in taking this bold step, as Jono said, not since decades, have
00:10any Lebanese government agreed to sit on the same table as it's their degrees.
00:14So it's a huge step. It's a huge gift between brackets. It's a huge sign of goodwill of the Lebanese
00:21government.
00:23However, the Lebanese government insisted and the international community insisted that negotiations do not happen under continuous bombing.
00:32And they requested and they pressured Israel into at least limiting its aggressions and going towards some kind of a
00:41ceasefire while negotiations take place.
00:44It's it's glad to see that the U.S. have decided to put this even symbolically under Secretary Rubio.
00:53So they leveled up, brought it up a level towards the level of Rubio himself.
00:59And this, I think, was a good sign that the U.S. is on the same wave of wanting these
01:05negotiations to go ahead.
01:06And these negotiations can only go ahead when Israel announces a ceasefire.
01:12I do believe that it is likely that they will give some sign in return, some sign of goodwill in
01:20return, whether it's going to be a full ceasefire or a partial ceasefire or a regional ceasefire,
01:26like limiting the campaign to the south and stopping any attacks in the rest of Lebanon.
01:32These are the details that we wait from from Israel tonight.
01:35Right. But definitely, I do believe this is a huge step forward now on the fact that Hezbollah, who is
01:41calling the shots on the ground, practically speaking,
01:45is not on the negotiation table and whether they are going to be abiding by any decision that comes from
01:52that negotiation table.
01:54This is a very big question. And definitely we know and we've seen Hezbollah follow whatever the Iranian interest is
02:02rather than what the Lebanese interest is.
02:04But we've also seen Hezbollah significantly weakened, unable to defend its people, unable to defend the villages and unable to
02:13stop all this,
02:14these massacres and aggressions that are happening every day. So it is under a lot of pressure.
02:19It is still part of the Lebanese government. So far, the decision to go to negotiations was taken by the
02:28Lebanese government.
02:29So they haven't resigned. And all the hope is that this positivity and advancement in the diplomatic course will prove
02:40strong enough to pressure Hezbollah to stop any attacks on their side
02:45and hopefully push things forward towards a permanent solution of this conflict and permanent stability on the Lebanese-Israeli border
02:53sometime in the near future.
02:55And of course, this would be coupled and influenced by whatever the negotiations between Iran and the U.S. happen
03:04and what results we get out of these.
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