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President Joseph Aoun and First Lady Nehmat Aoun left Beirut for Washington at the invitation of Donald Trump. The summit scheduled for 21 July in the White House should focus on the ceasefire, the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanese territories, the deployment of the army and the return of stability to the south. The Head of State will mainly seek American guarantees capable of transforming diplomatic discussions into concrete measures on the ground.

Washington is moving the centre of gravity southward to Al Quds Al Arabi on June 29, 2026, placing the day under the double sign of a Lebanese-Israeli agreement torn out in Washington and a renewed tension between the United States and Iran. The newspaper describes a text that opens the way to test areas in the [...]

The Lebanese Army Commander, Rodolphe Haykal, is under increasing pressure in the context of the framework agreement with Israel and Hezbollah's requests for disarmament. No dismissal has been announced, but scenarios of resignation or replacement are circulating in several political circles. Nabih Berri has publicly warned against any attempt to touch the army, described as a red line for national stability.

Nabih Berri rejected the US-sponsored framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel in Washington. The President of the Lebanese Parliament called the text "taxes" and found it "ten times worse than the agreement of 17 May 1983". He also assured that the agreement "will not be executed", while calling to avoid street and internal discord.

The secret security annex of the Lebanon-Israel agreement raises a major controversy. Assumptions are circulating:
It could organize operational coordination between Lebanese and Israeli armies, under United States mediation. If the Israeli withdrawal is conditional on security checks, it may frame Lebanese sovereignty rather than restore it fully.

A clause in the Lebanon-Israel framework agreement calls on both sides to stop hostile or unfavourable actions in international political and legal forums. It could limit the ability of the Lebanese State to file a complaint against Israel for war crimes or to support an international referral. But it does not automatically block victims, NGOs, foreign jurisdictions or third States. The real challenge concerns Beirut's cooperation, the ICC's competence and the risk of peace built at the cost of amputated justice.

A clause in the Lebanon-Israel framework agreement calls on both sides to stop hostile or unfavourable actions in international political and legal forums. It could limit the ability of the Lebanese State to file a complaint against Israel for war crimes or to support an international referral. But it does not automatically block victims, NGOs, foreign jurisdictions or third States. The real challenge concerns Beirut's cooperation, the ICC's competence and the risk of peace built at the cost of amputated justice.

Hezbollah rejects the framework agreement signed in Washington between Lebanon, Israel and the United States. In a statement attributed to its secretary-general, Sheikh Naïm Qassem, the party accuses the Lebanese authorities of having abandoned Lebanon's cards of force, of having accepted direct negotiations deemed favourable to Israel and of having dangerously linked the Israeli withdrawal to the disarmament of resistance. Hezbollah claims that its weapons will not be surrendered and that any agreement must begin with the total withdrawal of the occupier.

Hezbollah rejects the framework agreement signed in Washington between Lebanon, Israel and the United States. In a statement attributed to its secretary-general, Sheikh Naïm Qassem, the party accuses the Lebanese authorities of having abandoned Lebanon's cards of force, of having accepted direct negotiations deemed favourable to Israel and of having dangerously linked the Israeli withdrawal to the disarmament of resistance. Hezbollah claims that its weapons will not be surrendered and that any agreement must begin with the total withdrawal of the occupier.

Despite the framework agreement signed in Washington, Bezalel Smotrich's positions revive Lebanese concerns. The Israeli Minister reiterated his call to push the border to Litani and defended the maintenance of a safe area as long as Hezbollah was not disarmed or even colonized the Lebanese region. This line undermines the Lebanese reading of an agreement supposed to lead to Israeli withdrawal.

The framework agreement signed in Washington on 26 June between Lebanon, Israel and the United States provoked a first round of political reactions in Beirut. Joseph Aoun, Nawaf Salam and Nada Hamadeh Mouawad presented him as a step towards the sovereignty and return of the displaced. Hezbollah, by Hassan Fadallah and Naim Qassem, rejects him and warns of a risk of internal crisis. Other officials are not mentioned for lack of a public response verified after the signature.

The framework agreement signed in Washington between Lebanon and Israel is presented as a step towards peace. But several officials and analysts, both in Lebanon and Israel, believe that it can open a major internal crisis. The text places the Lebanese army at the centre of the disarmament of non-State armed groups, without a clear timetable for complete Israeli withdrawal. The previous agreement of 17 May 1983 recalls that a text signed with Israel under American sponsorship can revive internal fractures if it is perceived as imposed and unbalanced.

Demonstrations broke out in Beirut following the signing of the framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel in Washington. Hezbollah supporters blocked several routes, including the airport road, before the Lebanese army intervened. The Shiite movement rejects the text, which it considers a concession to Israel and a threat to its military role. This mobilization opens a delicate political phase for the government of Nawaf Salam.

Lebanon and Israel signed a framework agreement in Washington, D.C., presented by the United States as a step towards a lasting political settlement. The text does not yet constitute a peace treaty, but it sets a framework for negotiations on pilot areas, Israeli withdrawal, the deployment of the Lebanese army, the role of Hezbollah and the reconstruction of southern Lebanon. Its scope will now depend on the published details, the calm on the ground and the ability of the parties to implement the first measures.