Source: SFGate
“Lebanon’s prime minister said Wednesday that his country was ‘far from’ diplomatic normalization or economic relations with Israel, despite a move toward direct negotiations between the two countries aimed at defusing tensions. Prime Minister Nawaf Salam’s comments to a small group of journalists in Beirut came in contradiction to a statement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel would send an envoy to talks with Lebanese diplomatic and economic officials, which he described as ‘an initial attempt to create a basis for relations and economic cooperation’ between the two countries. Lebanon and Israel both announced the appointment of civilian members to a previously military-only committee monitoring enforcement of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire that halted the latest war between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah a year ago.” (12/03/25)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/lebanon-far-from-diplomatic-normalization-or-21220993.php