Secretary of State Marco Rubio has unveiled a U.S. plan for an end to the military hostilities between Lebanon and Israel.
The conflict there has been aggravated by the presence of Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy, operating from Lebanon against Israel, which has become part of the overall threat to peace throughout the Middle East.
Rubio’s announcement called the plan a “framework for lasting peace and security.”
There was a previous ceasefire plan, but the clashes have continued between Israel and the terrorists of Hezbollah in Lebanon.
“Today is a good day in that we are happy to announce a framework agreement between the sovereign government of Lebanon and the government of Israel, with the mediation and support of the United States of America, that begins to put in place a framework for lasting peace and security. And that’s what these two nations deserve,” Rubio said.
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America, Israel, and Lebanon are all signatories
Immediate steps include the Israeli military withdrawing from small areas from Southern Lebanon… pic.twitter.com/gtV0Oem4g3
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a US-mediated framework agreement between Israel and Lebanon aimed at achieving “lasting peace and security”.
The deal calls for a ceasefire, contingent on Hezbollah ending all fire and withdrawing from southern Lebanon. pic.twitter.com/b9hUbJg0Aj
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A report at Fox News said Rubio continued, “The people of Lebanon have suffered tremendously now for decades, as a result of outside interference in their affair, of countries trying to use the country as a launchpad for attacks. And this is not what the people of Lebanon want and that’s not what they deserve.
“What they deserve to have is what they once had, and of which there is recent history of. And that is a prosperous and peaceful country, a diverse country where people of different backgrounds are able to live and go co-exist side by side, and in many ways was the envy of the region and of the world.
“Obviously, the people of Israel deserve to live in peace and security. The people of northern Israel in particular, who have been targeted repeatedly by terrorist attacks launched from the territory of Lebanon, but not by the Lebanese people, not by the Lebanese government, but by an outside actor who has sought to use that territory to target innocent civilians who have been unable to live in these places for a long time,” he finished.
CNN reported the work will have Israel withdraw from two areas of southern Lebanon, turning those over to the Lebanese military.
Still in the works is a “broader peace agreement,” the published report said.
Lebanon’s Ambassador to the U.S., Nada Hamadeh Moawad, said the agreement would be the “first step on the road to restoring Lebanese sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, “This is also a major blow to Iran. Iran is trying to force us into a withdrawal from southern Lebanon by force. In effect, Israel, Lebanon, and the United States are telling them: this is none of your business.”
