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[00:00:03] belt, and kidnapping a number
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[00:00:28] Dear viewers, peace be upon you and God's mercy and blessings. From the news center
[00:00:32] of Oman Television, we greet you and present to you the 10 PM news.
[00:00:35] Welcome. We start the bulletin with the most prominent
[00:00:38] it change on headlines. His Highness Sayyid Bal'arab bin Haitham sponsors
[00:00:42] the honoring ceremony for outstanding students
[00:00:44] Of course, it is a realistic proposal. in the General Education Diploma in Muscat
[00:00:46] Governorate.
[00:00:50] Tehran confirms receiving messages from Washington indicating its readiness
[00:00:55] the way for the resumption of talks at to return to its commitments in the Memorandum of Understanding. Islamabad expresses its
[00:00:59] hope for the resumption of talks between
[00:01:01] the two sides.
[00:01:04] A round of talks in Rome between Lebanon
[00:01:08] and Israel ends without tangible progress amidst
[00:01:11] continued Israeli escalation on southern
[00:01:15] we are joined by the expert Lebanon. And Israeli
[00:01:18] occupation forces
[00:01:20] the Israelis carry out a campaign of arrests and raids in the West Bank,
[00:01:24] that reliance on injuring a number of Palestinians during the storming
[00:01:27] of a camp north of Jerusalem.
[00:01:32] And among our top economic news, you will also
[00:01:35] follow:
[00:01:39] that there was The Ministry of Labor launches the institutional work platform to organize seasonal and event-related
[00:01:45] Italy does not job opportunities and connect job seekers with available
[00:01:49] enough excuses opportunities.
[00:01:52] As for sports news,
[00:02:03] the approval of
[00:02:09] something important happened in Washington
[00:02:13] His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq
[00:02:17] Al Said, may God protect him, sent a cable of congratulations
[00:02:20] to His Excellency
[00:02:22] certain arrangements in President Dr. Alassane Abdoulaye Rahman Ouattara, President of the Republic of Côte
[00:02:25] d'Ivoire, on the occasion of his country's National Day.
[00:02:28] It included His Majesty
[00:02:30] or those who were killed in the Sultan's kind wishes and sincere
[00:02:32] battles with the Israeli hopes for His Excellency the President and the people of his friendly
[00:02:34] country.
[00:02:40] His Highness Sayyid Bal'arab bin Haitham Al Said, Minister of State
[00:02:43] and Governor of Muscat, today sponsored
[00:02:46] the number of martyrs who are still the honoring ceremony for outstanding students in the General Education Diploma
[00:02:49] or in the villages in Muscat Governorate
[00:02:49] a breakthrough in this for the academic year
[00:02:51] 2025-2026,
[00:02:55] seems that there is which was organized by Muscat
[00:02:57] a kind of Governorate. His Highness emphasized in his speech during the ceremony the importance
[00:03:01] at least an initial of the role of outstanding students in shaping the promising future of the Sultanate
[00:03:05] of Oman, pointing out
[00:03:07] of discussion in this that this excellence is
[00:03:09] of supporting proxies in an extension of national efforts aimed at building human beings and is consistent with
[00:03:13] the objectives of Oman Vision
[00:03:15] Now, in your opinion, is this 2040, praising the role of parents
[00:03:19] less. Thank you very much, expert in supporting their children and caring for them, and commending
[00:03:22] the efforts of the educational family in Muscat Governorate, including
[00:03:26] teachers
[00:03:28] president when he agreed to and administrators, in instilling the values of knowledge and perseverance. His Highness
[00:03:30] also stressed that this honoring represents
[00:03:34] an incentive for students to continue their academic journey
[00:03:37] and move towards a new stage of giving
[00:03:41] the release of Lebanese prisoners within higher education institutions, calling on them to
[00:03:44] continue diligence and perseverance and to master
[00:03:47] various modern sciences, knowledge, and skills and to adopt
[00:03:51] the values of innovation and creativity to effectively
[00:03:54] contribute to the march of comprehensive construction
[00:03:57] prisoner, and development witnessed by the Sultanate of Oman under the wise leadership
[00:04:01] of His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin
[00:04:05] Tariq Al Said, may God protect him.
[00:04:11] to push the process of stabilizing the truce on
[00:04:13] resolving this
[00:04:21] and the Israeli withdrawal from Dear students, my message to you, as you
[00:04:24] turn a page in your lives,
[00:04:27] I urge you to be like a lighthouse, radiating light of
[00:04:30] knowledge, science, and good morals,
[00:04:33] and to remain
[00:04:36] some technical aspects, with rooted in your authentic Omani values, steadfast as the mountains
[00:04:40] time. But how do we interpret this of Oman in a rapidly changing
[00:04:44] to evacuate its statement at this world. Make your principles
[00:04:46] Lebanese sources close to a balance and your minds insightful, and never
[00:04:48] forget what you were raised on: noble morals, love
[00:04:52] for the homeland, and loyalty to it. For every
[00:04:55] one of you carries a dream, and the collection of these
[00:04:59] dreams is what builds the future of the nation.
[00:05:03] So be the best representatives of this country, wherever the paths
[00:05:06] of life take you.
[00:05:09] gains on the ground Make your knowledge beneficial, your contributions
[00:05:11] are things that may happen that continuous, and your success an addition to this dear
[00:05:14] nation.
[00:05:21] Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharib said
[00:05:24] that Tehran received messages from Washington through intermediaries, confirming
[00:05:28] the United States' readiness to return
[00:05:32] to its commitments in the Memorandum of Understanding.
[00:05:36] For its part, Pakistan expressed its
[00:05:38] hope that the potential agreement regarding
[00:05:42] maritime navigation in the region would contribute
[00:05:45] to the resumption of talks between Washington and Tehran. The spokesman
[00:05:49] for the Pakistani Foreign Ministry,
[00:05:53] Tahir Andrabi, affirmed Islamabad's continued efforts with
[00:05:56] a number of countries to reach a comprehensive
[00:05:59] and sustainable solution, adding
[00:06:02] that any potential agreement for navigation would pave
[00:06:08] the technical level between Iran and the United
[00:06:11] States.
[00:06:12] American.
[00:06:20] And following
[00:06:24] the latest developments in the region,
[00:06:28] in strategic affairs from Washington, Professor Joe
[00:06:31] Tabit. Professor Joe, as we have followed, Tehran confirms
[00:06:35] receiving messages from Washington. These messages express its
[00:06:38] readiness to return to its commitments in the Memorandum of Understanding.
[00:06:42] So, what is the likelihood of a breakthrough in
[00:06:46] the negotiations between the two sides in light of these
[00:06:49] positive
[00:06:50] signals?
[00:06:53] Good evening, first. There is, let me say,
[00:06:57] an atmosphere of optimism in
[00:07:00] Washington from the American administration
[00:07:03] regarding
[00:07:04] the improvement
[00:07:07] of negotiations with Iran and reaching
[00:07:11] a settlement. The coming
[00:07:14] hours, this, of course, all coincides
[00:07:17] with statements made by US
[00:07:20] President Donald Trump that
[00:07:23] he has information that
[00:07:26] Iran, or that there are confirmations that
[00:07:30] Iran has agreed to
[00:07:34] the coming hours. I stress
[00:07:37] that there is an atmosphere of optimism in Washington
[00:07:41] regarding the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz
[00:07:45] and also regarding the resumption of
[00:07:48] matters
[00:07:50] within the framework of Pakistan's initiative
[00:07:54] and returning to the Memorandum of Understanding. We must
[00:07:57] be careful because previous
[00:08:00] experiences were unfortunately disappointing. But
[00:08:04] it
[00:08:09] de-escalation and a return
[00:08:13] to diplomacy as a basic means
[00:08:15] to resolve or address outstanding
[00:08:18] problems.
[00:08:21] Okay, so as you mentioned, there is a situation, there is
[00:08:25] optimism and caution.
[00:08:28] potential agreement a temporary
[00:08:31] arrangement or a prelude to a wider
[00:08:35] settlement?
[00:08:39] We all hope that
[00:08:43] the agreement will be lasting
[00:08:47] and continuous, and perhaps it will be a prelude
[00:08:51] to a final solution.
[00:08:55] However, many in Washington believe that
[00:08:58] President Trump has an important
[00:09:02] political challenge, which is the upcoming
[00:09:05] midterm elections that
[00:09:08] will take place in November. President
[00:09:12] Trump wants to go into these elections at a time
[00:09:15] when the American citizen is suffering from the effects of this
[00:09:19] war on economic aspects
[00:09:21] and in terms of energy markets
[00:09:25] fundamentally. There is an increase in fuel
[00:09:28] prices in the United States and an increase
[00:09:32] in inflation rates. So, the American president
[00:09:35] realizes that going into these elections under
[00:09:39] these conditions may result in a defeat,
[00:09:43] at least in one of the houses, and most likely he will lose
[00:09:46] the House of Representatives, and there are negative political consequences that
[00:09:50] could harm his term and his administration
[00:09:54] for the next two years. So,
[00:09:57] this forms a fundamental impetus for President
[00:10:01] Trump and the American team towards a confirmed
[00:10:04] settlement with Iran, and everyone
[00:10:07] hopes that this settlement
[00:10:11] will be consolidated, at least from now until
[00:10:15] the end of this year. And of course,
[00:10:18] in politics, there are
[00:10:20] surprises and there
[00:10:24] no one expects. But I believe
[00:10:27] that reaching a settlement
[00:10:30] by the end of this year opens
[00:10:33] the door to new opportunities for
[00:10:36] the Iranian party to be convinced to sit down
[00:10:40] and make concessions
[00:10:43] to the American side. And let me point out an important
[00:10:47] matter, that President Trump, despite
[00:10:51] all the accusations made by many
[00:10:54] against him regarding
[00:10:56] him being enthusiastic about wars, he
[00:11:00] came on a political program stating that he would not repeat
[00:11:03] the mistakes of previous presidents such
[00:11:07] as President George Bush and also
[00:11:09] President Obama in terms of engaging in wars.
[00:11:13] So, he wants to turn this page and
[00:11:16] I believe that he wants an outcome that does not show
[00:11:20] him as a loser.
[00:11:23] So, the mediators must
[00:11:26] try to convince the Iranian party that
[00:11:30] perhaps superficial concessions or formal concessions
[00:11:33] might affect the American side, and I mean President
[00:11:36] Trump's team, and push it to
[00:11:39] reciprocate these concessions with American
[00:11:43] concessions. So, we must pay attention
[00:11:46] to an important matter in the end,
[00:11:49] diplomacy from the American side is essential at
[00:11:52] this moment, and I rule out
[00:11:55] that the escalation option is a strategic
[00:11:58] option for President Trump's team.
[00:12:01] Okay, Professor Joe, you referred to
[00:12:05] a number of really important points, among them what you
[00:12:08] mentioned, that there is a readiness from the American team to make
[00:12:12] concessions. Will these concessions
[00:12:15] actually materialize perhaps in the Iranian nuclear
[00:12:18] file, in the frozen assets, in the American
[00:12:21] sanctions on Iran?
[00:12:25] This is a very important question. If we go back hours
[00:12:29] ago, we must realize that
[00:12:34] in the past hours, which is that the US Treasury
[00:12:38] lifted sanctions
[00:12:41] on three entities linked to
[00:12:44] the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
[00:12:47] Of course, this is an indication that the American
[00:12:50] administration wants to grant Tehran
[00:12:53] facilities so that
[00:12:56] an agreement can be reached on an important matter.
[00:13:00] Now, there are issues
[00:13:03] that are perhaps amenable to resolution,
[00:13:05] and let me give you an example of that: the Strait of
[00:13:09] Hormuz issue is amenable to resolution. Other
[00:13:13] issues: the release of frozen
[00:13:15] assets held by the United States
[00:13:19] and by third countries, these
[00:13:21] are for settlement.
[00:13:24] As for other matters, in my opinion, they are
[00:13:28] strategic matters. For example, the issue
[00:13:31] of the program or the issue
[00:13:34] the region, these are thorny issues, but they
[00:13:37] are not impossible, meaning that
[00:13:41] we have seen before, during the Obama administration,
[00:13:44] an international settlement on the issue of nuclear
[00:13:48] weapons. And if we deal with the small,
[00:13:51] thorny details,
[00:13:54] perhaps this will lead to a final settlement.
[00:13:57] Of course, the United States
[00:14:00] alone cannot deal with the issue of nuclear
[00:14:03] weapons. There is an active role for third
[00:14:07] countries such as Russia and perhaps China
[00:14:10] to put their hands in resolving
[00:14:14] the nuclear file. Perhaps there is
[00:14:17] information in Washington that has emerged in the past hours
[00:14:20] that third countries such as Russia or China
[00:14:24] may receive enriched uranium
[00:14:27] materials, which I believe are around
[00:14:31] 500 kilograms, perhaps more or less, and that
[00:14:35] this would be a step towards
[00:14:38] file. As I told you at the beginning,
[00:14:41] resolving small issues
[00:14:44] is easy and I believe it pushes towards
[00:14:48] resolving major problems. Okay, in line
[00:14:51] with what you said, Professor Joe, the US Vice
[00:14:55] President also spoke about this. He said that negotiations with Iran
[00:14:58] will be complex, they will be thorny,
[00:15:02] and they will indeed take a long
[00:15:07] time, and what are its implications
[00:15:08] in your opinion?
[00:15:11] We must pay attention that Vice President JD
[00:15:15] Vance was opposed
[00:15:18] to entering this war. Perhaps he
[00:15:21] was the only one in the National Security team
[00:15:25] who explicitly expressed his opposition to
[00:15:28] going to war against Iran, because President
[00:15:32] Trump's well-known base of MAGA is
[00:15:35] a base opposed to this war. What
[00:15:39] is happening in Washington today is within the framework
[00:15:42] of political bidding before
[00:15:45] the midterm elections.
[00:15:48] Important campaigns have begun in Washington
[00:15:52] to push towards re-showing Washington as victorious
[00:15:56] or, let me say, not losing in this war.
[00:16:00] And I believe that Vice
[00:16:03] President JD Vance's words come in this context and...
[00:16:07] We also heard a few days ago Foreign Minister Marco Rubio. President Trump
[00:16:11] always gives contradictory messages.
[00:16:14] On the one hand, he says that a settlement
[00:16:17] with Iran is close, and then he says that we are ready
[00:16:21] to strike Iran. But all
[00:16:24] this is political talk within the framework of political
[00:16:27] bidding before the midterm elections.
[00:16:31] What is happening in Washington today is
[00:16:34] sensitive and may be dangerous.
[00:16:38] For example, the Washington Post revealed
[00:16:41] hours ago a very important report, which is that
[00:16:45] the stock of defensive missiles held by
[00:16:49] US forces in the region has significantly decreased
[00:16:52] by 50% in terms of Patriot
[00:16:56] defensive missiles or THAAD, or perhaps also offensive
[00:17:00] missiles such as ATACMS or
[00:17:03] Tomahawk. So,
[00:17:07] has this affected the decision for war?
[00:17:10] And also, the report published by the Washington
[00:17:13] Post states
[00:17:17] a disagreement or a dispute that occurred
[00:17:20] at President Trump's summer residence
[00:17:24] in Camp David on the last weekend
[00:17:27] of the previous week.
[00:17:30] And that a disagreement occurred publicly between him and Defense
[00:17:34] Secretary Pete Hegseth regarding the shortage of defensive
[00:17:38] or offensive missiles. This
[00:17:41] is a negative matter that affects
[00:17:44] Trump regarding going to war with Iran. There is a second
[00:17:48] and important matter, which is the rise
[00:17:51] of the radical left in the Democratic
[00:17:54] Party. Yesterday, we saw
[00:17:58] that an American candidate, a doctor of
[00:18:01] Egyptian origin named Abdullah Abdel
[00:18:04] Rahman Al-Sayed, succeeded.
[00:18:07] He won the primary elections
[00:18:11] in the state of Michigan and
[00:18:14] defeated his opponent, who was
[00:18:16] supported by the Jewish lobby in the United
[00:18:20] States. So,
[00:18:22] President Trump realizes the internal political changes,
[00:18:25] and all these are happening in the midst of a deteriorating
[00:18:29] economic situation in America that affects
[00:18:32] families from all classes. So,
[00:18:35] the bad
[00:18:39] internal atmosphere pushes Vice President JD
[00:18:42] Vance to show that he is in a position
[00:18:46] of strength or that things are going well with
[00:18:49] Iran. I believe it is political bidding, nothing
[00:18:53] more, nothing
[00:18:56] in strategic affairs from Washington, Joe Tabit.
[00:19:00] Thank you very much for these
[00:19:01] clarifications.
[00:19:05] The seventh round of talks between Lebanon and Israel
[00:19:09] concluded in the Italian capital, which witnessed
[00:19:13] progress in some technical aspects, while contentious issues remained
[00:19:16] under discussion, and talks are expected to resume in
[00:19:20] subsequent rounds. On the ground, Israeli
[00:19:23] forces launched air raids and extensive artillery shelling
[00:19:27] on several areas in southern Lebanon, resulting in a number
[00:19:30] of deaths
[00:19:32] and injuries.
[00:19:35] The Italian capital, Rome, closed the curtain on a new
[00:19:39] round of Lebanese-Israeli talks under American
[00:19:43] sponsorship and the participation of mediators in an attempt
[00:19:49] the southern border. The meetings discussed
[00:19:52] mechanisms for implementing security understandings, completing
[00:19:55] the deployment of the Lebanese army,
[00:19:58] the remaining areas, in addition to arrangements aimed at
[00:20:02] preventing renewed confrontations and strengthening
[00:20:05] stability along the Blue Line.
[00:20:08] Diplomatic circles indicated progress in
[00:20:13] an agreement to continue consultations during the upcoming
[00:20:16] period, while the more complex issues,
[00:20:20] foremost among them the full Israeli withdrawal and security
[00:20:23] guarantees, and implementation and monitoring mechanisms, remained
[00:20:27] without a final resolution, reflecting the continued divergence
[00:20:31] in the positions of both sides.
[00:20:33] However, the negotiation atmosphere again clashed with a tense
[00:20:37] field reality after southern Lebanon witnessed
[00:20:41] a new military escalation, which was represented by Israeli raids
[00:20:44] targeting a number of border towns, accompanied by
[00:20:48] intense overflights by drones and fighter jets,
[00:20:51] and shelling that affected populated
[00:20:53] areas, resulting in deaths and injuries
[00:20:57] and causing damage to properties and infrastructure,
[00:21:00] according to Lebanese
[00:21:03] contrast, the Israeli army announced the killing of two soldiers
[00:21:06] and the injury of others during a military operation in southern
[00:21:09] Lebanon, affirming its continued operations against what
[00:21:13] it described as targets belonging to Hezbollah, at a time
[00:21:16] when the United Nations warned that the continued escalation
[00:21:20] threatens to undermine political efforts and increases
[00:21:23] the fragility of the security and humanitarian situation on both sides
[00:21:27] of the border.
[00:21:30] To talk more about the outcome of the Rome
[00:21:34] negotiations between Lebanon and Israel, we are joined from Beirut
[00:21:38] by political analyst Professor Youssef
[00:21:40] Diab. Professor Youssef, based on your follow-up,
[00:21:44] where can the results of the Rome round be placed? At the limits of technical
[00:21:47] progress, or approaching solving points
[00:21:51] of disagreement?
[00:21:54] Good evening to you and the viewers. If we want to take the final
[00:21:58] outcome of these negotiations, we can say that
[00:22:02] the seventh round concluded without tangible results.
[00:22:05] The Lebanese side did not get from
[00:22:10] anything through the proposals
[00:22:13] submitted by Lebanon, neither with regard
[00:22:15] to stopping military actions and aggression,
[00:22:19] nor to releasing
[00:22:22] prisoners, nor also to
[00:22:26] the pilot areas or the second phase of the pilot areas
[00:22:30] that Lebanon insisted on defining
[00:22:33] during this session.
[00:22:36] The Israelis had
[00:22:39] or pretexts
[00:22:41] to reject everything that came in the Lebanese
[00:22:45] paper, the Lebanese demands.
[00:22:47] The Israeli negotiator argued
[00:22:51] that he wanted to elevate the Lebanese demands to the political
[00:22:55] level, especially regarding the issue of Lebanese
[00:22:58] prisoners. Even the Israelis did
[00:23:01] not provide a list of their Lebanese
[00:23:04] prisoners, while Lebanon also
[00:23:08] does not have final figures, considering
[00:23:12] that the Lebanese state confuses matters between those who
[00:23:15] are prisoners with the Israeli enemy
[00:23:22] army, especially since what is known
[00:23:25] as the area located within the
[00:23:28] Yellow Line is not accessible to the Lebanese state
[00:23:31] or the Red Cross to know
[00:23:36] under the rubble
[00:23:39] and areas under Israeli
[00:23:43] occupation, Youssef. Therefore, this
[00:23:46] round ended without tangible results. Professor Youssef, since
[00:23:50] you touched upon the issue of prisoner
[00:23:52] exchange,
[00:23:55] which has also returned to the forefront
[00:23:57] file, how can this file be managed if
[00:24:01] it becomes part of any
[00:24:03] agreement?
[00:24:07] I mean, it must be an essential part
[00:24:10] of the deal. You know, madam, that
[00:24:14] the initiative launched by the Lebanese
[00:24:18] direct negotiations with Israel stipulated
[00:24:21] four points: first, a ceasefire and Israeli
[00:24:25] withdrawal, the return of displaced persons,
[00:24:31] from Israeli prisons, and the beginning of the reconstruction
[00:24:34] process. So far, the Israeli side has not agreed
[00:24:38] to delve into this matter, even concealing
[00:24:42] the number of prisoners it holds. In Lebanon, there is one
[00:24:47] Al-Amhaz, whom Israeli intelligence admitted
[00:24:51] to kidnapping from the city
[00:24:54] of Batroun during the 2024 war. Since
[00:24:57] then, it has not admitted to the presence of any prisoner,
[00:25:00] except that during the course of the war,
[00:25:03] the Israeli
[00:25:06] army command stated that it had captured fighters from
[00:25:09] the Radwan Forces affiliated with Hezbollah.
[00:25:12] I believe that this matter is crucial
[00:25:16] and must be at the core of the negotiations conducted by
[00:25:20] Lebanon, and Lebanon will not accept to conclude
[00:25:23] these negotiations except with the release of prisoners and also
[00:25:27] the cessation of aggression and the Israeli withdrawal from southern
[00:25:31] Lebanon. However, according to
[00:25:36] the Presidential Palace, the Israeli is not
[00:25:39] willing to give anything from these
[00:25:42] cards to the Lebanese side, and these are cards of strength
[00:25:45] that Benjamin Netanyahu is using in the elections
[00:25:48] scheduled to be held in
[00:25:51] the upcoming fall. And he thereby considers
[00:25:54] that the Israeli army has achieved
[00:25:59] through occupation, destruction, establishing
[00:26:02] a safe zone or a security
[00:26:06] of prisoners affiliated with Hezbollah, as the Israeli says, and therefore
[00:26:11] the elections and cannot offer anything from this
[00:26:15] card before the election that
[00:26:17] Benjamin Netanyahu hopes will result in his favor
[00:26:21] and his government's favor in the post-election
[00:26:24] phase. Among the proposals that emerged
[00:26:28] was to amend the role of UNIFIL
[00:26:31] or to assign the monitoring of the agreement to
[00:26:34] any other international body. To what extent does this proposal seem
[00:26:38] realistic, and what can
[00:26:41] the ground?
[00:26:46] Lebanon cannot today accept the withdrawal of UNIFIL
[00:26:50] forces at the end of the current year without an alternative
[00:26:54] force. Meaning, Lebanon and the Lebanese
[00:26:57] army and security institutions
[00:27:01] will not accept direct coordination with Israel regarding
[00:27:04] security measures on the border. There must be a third
[00:27:07] party to oversee this
[00:27:10] matter. There was talk about the possibility
[00:27:14] of French forces renewing
[00:27:17] their status within UNIFIL forces and strengthening their
[00:27:21] forces. The Israeli side rejected the presence
[00:27:24] of Israeli forces and also rejected the presence
[00:27:27] of Turkish forces. There
[00:27:31] was talk about the issue of having Pakistani
[00:27:34] soldiers. So far, this matter has not been resolved,
[00:27:37] but I believe that what brings the Lebanese
[00:27:40] and Israeli proposals closer is to have
[00:27:43] Italian forces, considering that
[00:27:47] provoke the Israeli side.
[00:27:50] Italy also supports the Lebanese army and has previously
[00:27:54] held several conferences to support
[00:27:57] the Lebanese army. However, there is a delay in the arrival of these
[00:28:01] Italian forces because that requires
[00:28:05] the Italian Parliament, and the matter may
[00:28:09] require a delay. Therefore, the new
[00:28:12] round of negotiations was postponed without
[00:28:15] a date being set. There was talk about
[00:28:18] early September, but this
[00:28:21] matter is not resolved yet. There is concern in
[00:28:24] Lebanon that negotiations will extend beyond the Israeli
[00:28:28] elections, and then there
[00:28:31] is real concern that the field
[00:28:34] will speak again and the Israelis will resume
[00:28:37] military escalation in southern Lebanon on a wide
[00:28:41] scale. Professor Youssef, this is one round out of several previous rounds
[00:28:45] and several subsequent rounds.
[00:28:47] In your opinion, what can bring
[00:28:52] file and change the negotiation path between
[00:28:56] Israel and Lebanon and perhaps
[00:28:58] lead this file to
[00:29:03] solution?
[00:29:07] There is only one factor that can change the current reality: the American
[00:29:11] administration's active intervention and pressure
[00:29:14] on Israel to begin
[00:29:16] practical measures to implement the model
[00:29:19] areas or the pilot phases mentioned
[00:29:23] in the framework agreement between Lebanon
[00:29:26] and Israel and signed at the US
[00:29:29] State Department also
[00:29:33] in the presence of Secretary Marco Rubio. Today,
[00:29:36] there is Lebanese reliance and there
[00:29:40] are contacts after the end of the negotiation round that
[00:29:43] It was, to some extent, disappointing for the
[00:29:46] Lebanese side. There is information that says the
[00:29:49] presidential palace activated communications with the American
[00:29:53] administration for there to be swift American intervention.
[00:29:56] I mean, after these communications, we heard about
[00:30:00] positions issued by the American side saying
[00:30:03] that the round of Lebanese Israeli
[00:30:07] negotiations was fruitful. But the
[00:30:10] Lebanese did not feel anything from, I mean, these
[00:30:14] fruitful results on the ground except for Israeli intransigence
[00:30:17] and not offering any paper to Lebanon. No,
[00:30:21] on the contrary, it greatly embarrassed Lebanon. The bet
[00:30:25] today is on the American role and American pressure to
[00:30:28] go in two directions. The first direction is to
[00:30:31] curb Israeli escalation and for
[00:30:34] Israel not to يعني raise the
[00:30:37] level of military operations, warnings, and threats,
[00:30:40] as happened last night when the town
[00:30:44] of Mansoura was warned residents.
[00:30:48] And also for there to be an active
[00:30:52] American will to move towards the second
[00:30:56] phase of the experimental areas and to see implementation on the ground.
[00:30:59] I believe if the Americans were serious about that.