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00:00:28Dear viewers, peace be upon you and God's mercy and blessings. From the news center
00:00:32of Oman Television, we greet you and present to you the 10 PM news.
00:00:35Welcome. We start the bulletin with the most prominent
00:00:38it change on headlines. His Highness Sayyid Bal'arab bin Haitham sponsors
00:00:42the honoring ceremony for outstanding students
00:00:44Of course, it is a realistic proposal. in the General Education Diploma in Muscat
00:00:46Governorate.
00:00:50Tehran confirms receiving messages from Washington indicating its readiness
00:00:55the way for the resumption of talks at to return to its commitments in the Memorandum of Understanding. Islamabad expresses its
00:00:59hope for the resumption of talks between
00:01:01the two sides.
00:01:04A round of talks in Rome between Lebanon
00:01:08and Israel ends without tangible progress amidst
00:01:11continued Israeli escalation on southern
00:01:15we are joined by the expert Lebanon. And Israeli
00:01:18occupation forces
00:01:20the Israelis carry out a campaign of arrests and raids in the West Bank,
00:01:24that reliance on injuring a number of Palestinians during the storming
00:01:27of a camp north of Jerusalem.
00:01:32And among our top economic news, you will also
00:01:35follow:
00:01:39that there was The Ministry of Labor launches the institutional work platform to organize seasonal and event-related
00:01:45Italy does not job opportunities and connect job seekers with available
00:01:49enough excuses opportunities.
00:01:52As for sports news,
00:02:03the approval of
00:02:09something important happened in Washington
00:02:13His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq
00:02:17Al Said, may God protect him, sent a cable of congratulations
00:02:20to His Excellency
00:02:22certain arrangements in President Dr. Alassane Abdoulaye Rahman Ouattara, President of the Republic of Côte
00:02:25d'Ivoire, on the occasion of his country's National Day.
00:02:28It included His Majesty
00:02:30or those who were killed in the Sultan's kind wishes and sincere
00:02:32battles with the Israeli hopes for His Excellency the President and the people of his friendly
00:02:34country.
00:02:40His Highness Sayyid Bal'arab bin Haitham Al Said, Minister of State
00:02:43and Governor of Muscat, today sponsored
00:02:46the number of martyrs who are still the honoring ceremony for outstanding students in the General Education Diploma
00:02:49or in the villages in Muscat Governorate
00:02:49a breakthrough in this for the academic year
00:02:512025-2026,
00:02:55seems that there is which was organized by Muscat
00:02:57a kind of Governorate. His Highness emphasized in his speech during the ceremony the importance
00:03:01at least an initial of the role of outstanding students in shaping the promising future of the Sultanate
00:03:05of Oman, pointing out
00:03:07of discussion in this that this excellence is
00:03:09of supporting proxies in an extension of national efforts aimed at building human beings and is consistent with
00:03:13the objectives of Oman Vision
00:03:15Now, in your opinion, is this 2040, praising the role of parents
00:03:19less. Thank you very much, expert in supporting their children and caring for them, and commending
00:03:22the efforts of the educational family in Muscat Governorate, including
00:03:26teachers
00:03:28president when he agreed to and administrators, in instilling the values of knowledge and perseverance. His Highness
00:03:30also stressed that this honoring represents
00:03:34an incentive for students to continue their academic journey
00:03:37and move towards a new stage of giving
00:03:41the release of Lebanese prisoners within higher education institutions, calling on them to
00:03:44continue diligence and perseverance and to master
00:03:47various modern sciences, knowledge, and skills and to adopt
00:03:51the values of innovation and creativity to effectively
00:03:54contribute to the march of comprehensive construction
00:03:57prisoner, and development witnessed by the Sultanate of Oman under the wise leadership
00:04:01of His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin
00:04:05Tariq Al Said, may God protect him.
00:04:11to push the process of stabilizing the truce on
00:04:13resolving this
00:04:21and the Israeli withdrawal from Dear students, my message to you, as you
00:04:24turn a page in your lives,
00:04:27I urge you to be like a lighthouse, radiating light of
00:04:30knowledge, science, and good morals,
00:04:33and to remain
00:04:36some technical aspects, with rooted in your authentic Omani values, steadfast as the mountains
00:04:40time. But how do we interpret this of Oman in a rapidly changing
00:04:44to evacuate its statement at this world. Make your principles
00:04:46Lebanese sources close to a balance and your minds insightful, and never
00:04:48forget what you were raised on: noble morals, love
00:04:52for the homeland, and loyalty to it. For every
00:04:55one of you carries a dream, and the collection of these
00:04:59dreams is what builds the future of the nation.
00:05:03So be the best representatives of this country, wherever the paths
00:05:06of life take you.
00:05:09gains on the ground Make your knowledge beneficial, your contributions
00:05:11are things that may happen that continuous, and your success an addition to this dear
00:05:14nation.
00:05:21Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharib said
00:05:24that Tehran received messages from Washington through intermediaries, confirming
00:05:28the United States' readiness to return
00:05:32to its commitments in the Memorandum of Understanding.
00:05:36For its part, Pakistan expressed its
00:05:38hope that the potential agreement regarding
00:05:42maritime navigation in the region would contribute
00:05:45to the resumption of talks between Washington and Tehran. The spokesman
00:05:49for the Pakistani Foreign Ministry,
00:05:53Tahir Andrabi, affirmed Islamabad's continued efforts with
00:05:56a number of countries to reach a comprehensive
00:05:59and sustainable solution, adding
00:06:02that any potential agreement for navigation would pave
00:06:08the technical level between Iran and the United
00:06:11States.
00:06:12American.
00:06:20And following
00:06:24the latest developments in the region,
00:06:28in strategic affairs from Washington, Professor Joe
00:06:31Tabit. Professor Joe, as we have followed, Tehran confirms
00:06:35receiving messages from Washington. These messages express its
00:06:38readiness to return to its commitments in the Memorandum of Understanding.
00:06:42So, what is the likelihood of a breakthrough in
00:06:46the negotiations between the two sides in light of these
00:06:49positive
00:06:50signals?
00:06:53Good evening, first. There is, let me say,
00:06:57an atmosphere of optimism in
00:07:00Washington from the American administration
00:07:03regarding
00:07:04the improvement
00:07:07of negotiations with Iran and reaching
00:07:11a settlement. The coming
00:07:14hours, this, of course, all coincides
00:07:17with statements made by US
00:07:20President Donald Trump that
00:07:23he has information that
00:07:26Iran, or that there are confirmations that
00:07:30Iran has agreed to
00:07:34the coming hours. I stress
00:07:37that there is an atmosphere of optimism in Washington
00:07:41regarding the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz
00:07:45and also regarding the resumption of
00:07:48matters
00:07:50within the framework of Pakistan's initiative
00:07:54and returning to the Memorandum of Understanding. We must
00:07:57be careful because previous
00:08:00experiences were unfortunately disappointing. But
00:08:04it
00:08:09de-escalation and a return
00:08:13to diplomacy as a basic means
00:08:15to resolve or address outstanding
00:08:18problems.
00:08:21Okay, so as you mentioned, there is a situation, there is
00:08:25optimism and caution.
00:08:28potential agreement a temporary
00:08:31arrangement or a prelude to a wider
00:08:35settlement?
00:08:39We all hope that
00:08:43the agreement will be lasting
00:08:47and continuous, and perhaps it will be a prelude
00:08:51to a final solution.
00:08:55However, many in Washington believe that
00:08:58President Trump has an important
00:09:02political challenge, which is the upcoming
00:09:05midterm elections that
00:09:08will take place in November. President
00:09:12Trump wants to go into these elections at a time
00:09:15when the American citizen is suffering from the effects of this
00:09:19war on economic aspects
00:09:21and in terms of energy markets
00:09:25fundamentally. There is an increase in fuel
00:09:28prices in the United States and an increase
00:09:32in inflation rates. So, the American president
00:09:35realizes that going into these elections under
00:09:39these conditions may result in a defeat,
00:09:43at least in one of the houses, and most likely he will lose
00:09:46the House of Representatives, and there are negative political consequences that
00:09:50could harm his term and his administration
00:09:54for the next two years. So,
00:09:57this forms a fundamental impetus for President
00:10:01Trump and the American team towards a confirmed
00:10:04settlement with Iran, and everyone
00:10:07hopes that this settlement
00:10:11will be consolidated, at least from now until
00:10:15the end of this year. And of course,
00:10:18in politics, there are
00:10:20surprises and there
00:10:24no one expects. But I believe
00:10:27that reaching a settlement
00:10:30by the end of this year opens
00:10:33the door to new opportunities for
00:10:36the Iranian party to be convinced to sit down
00:10:40and make concessions
00:10:43to the American side. And let me point out an important
00:10:47matter, that President Trump, despite
00:10:51all the accusations made by many
00:10:54against him regarding
00:10:56him being enthusiastic about wars, he
00:11:00came on a political program stating that he would not repeat
00:11:03the mistakes of previous presidents such
00:11:07as President George Bush and also
00:11:09President Obama in terms of engaging in wars.
00:11:13So, he wants to turn this page and
00:11:16I believe that he wants an outcome that does not show
00:11:20him as a loser.
00:11:23So, the mediators must
00:11:26try to convince the Iranian party that
00:11:30perhaps superficial concessions or formal concessions
00:11:33might affect the American side, and I mean President
00:11:36Trump's team, and push it to
00:11:39reciprocate these concessions with American
00:11:43concessions. So, we must pay attention
00:11:46to an important matter in the end,
00:11:49diplomacy from the American side is essential at
00:11:52this moment, and I rule out
00:11:55that the escalation option is a strategic
00:11:58option for President Trump's team.
00:12:01Okay, Professor Joe, you referred to
00:12:05a number of really important points, among them what you
00:12:08mentioned, that there is a readiness from the American team to make
00:12:12concessions. Will these concessions
00:12:15actually materialize perhaps in the Iranian nuclear
00:12:18file, in the frozen assets, in the American
00:12:21sanctions on Iran?
00:12:25This is a very important question. If we go back hours
00:12:29ago, we must realize that
00:12:34in the past hours, which is that the US Treasury
00:12:38lifted sanctions
00:12:41on three entities linked to
00:12:44the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
00:12:47Of course, this is an indication that the American
00:12:50administration wants to grant Tehran
00:12:53facilities so that
00:12:56an agreement can be reached on an important matter.
00:13:00Now, there are issues
00:13:03that are perhaps amenable to resolution,
00:13:05and let me give you an example of that: the Strait of
00:13:09Hormuz issue is amenable to resolution. Other
00:13:13issues: the release of frozen
00:13:15assets held by the United States
00:13:19and by third countries, these
00:13:21are for settlement.
00:13:24As for other matters, in my opinion, they are
00:13:28strategic matters. For example, the issue
00:13:31of the program or the issue
00:13:34the region, these are thorny issues, but they
00:13:37are not impossible, meaning that
00:13:41we have seen before, during the Obama administration,
00:13:44an international settlement on the issue of nuclear
00:13:48weapons. And if we deal with the small,
00:13:51thorny details,
00:13:54perhaps this will lead to a final settlement.
00:13:57Of course, the United States
00:14:00alone cannot deal with the issue of nuclear
00:14:03weapons. There is an active role for third
00:14:07countries such as Russia and perhaps China
00:14:10to put their hands in resolving
00:14:14the nuclear file. Perhaps there is
00:14:17information in Washington that has emerged in the past hours
00:14:20that third countries such as Russia or China
00:14:24may receive enriched uranium
00:14:27materials, which I believe are around
00:14:31500 kilograms, perhaps more or less, and that
00:14:35this would be a step towards
00:14:38file. As I told you at the beginning,
00:14:41resolving small issues
00:14:44is easy and I believe it pushes towards
00:14:48resolving major problems. Okay, in line
00:14:51with what you said, Professor Joe, the US Vice
00:14:55President also spoke about this. He said that negotiations with Iran
00:14:58will be complex, they will be thorny,
00:15:02and they will indeed take a long
00:15:07time, and what are its implications
00:15:08in your opinion?
00:15:11We must pay attention that Vice President JD
00:15:15Vance was opposed
00:15:18to entering this war. Perhaps he
00:15:21was the only one in the National Security team
00:15:25who explicitly expressed his opposition to
00:15:28going to war against Iran, because President
00:15:32Trump's well-known base of MAGA is
00:15:35a base opposed to this war. What
00:15:39is happening in Washington today is within the framework
00:15:42of political bidding before
00:15:45the midterm elections.
00:15:48Important campaigns have begun in Washington
00:15:52to push towards re-showing Washington as victorious
00:15:56or, let me say, not losing in this war.
00:16:00And I believe that Vice
00:16:03President JD Vance's words come in this context and...
00:16:07We also heard a few days ago Foreign Minister Marco Rubio. President Trump
00:16:11always gives contradictory messages.
00:16:14On the one hand, he says that a settlement
00:16:17with Iran is close, and then he says that we are ready
00:16:21to strike Iran. But all
00:16:24this is political talk within the framework of political
00:16:27bidding before the midterm elections.
00:16:31What is happening in Washington today is
00:16:34sensitive and may be dangerous.
00:16:38For example, the Washington Post revealed
00:16:41hours ago a very important report, which is that
00:16:45the stock of defensive missiles held by
00:16:49US forces in the region has significantly decreased
00:16:52by 50% in terms of Patriot
00:16:56defensive missiles or THAAD, or perhaps also offensive
00:17:00missiles such as ATACMS or
00:17:03Tomahawk. So,
00:17:07has this affected the decision for war?
00:17:10And also, the report published by the Washington
00:17:13Post states
00:17:17a disagreement or a dispute that occurred
00:17:20at President Trump's summer residence
00:17:24in Camp David on the last weekend
00:17:27of the previous week.
00:17:30And that a disagreement occurred publicly between him and Defense
00:17:34Secretary Pete Hegseth regarding the shortage of defensive
00:17:38or offensive missiles. This
00:17:41is a negative matter that affects
00:17:44Trump regarding going to war with Iran. There is a second
00:17:48and important matter, which is the rise
00:17:51of the radical left in the Democratic
00:17:54Party. Yesterday, we saw
00:17:58that an American candidate, a doctor of
00:18:01Egyptian origin named Abdullah Abdel
00:18:04Rahman Al-Sayed, succeeded.
00:18:07He won the primary elections
00:18:11in the state of Michigan and
00:18:14defeated his opponent, who was
00:18:16supported by the Jewish lobby in the United
00:18:20States. So,
00:18:22President Trump realizes the internal political changes,
00:18:25and all these are happening in the midst of a deteriorating
00:18:29economic situation in America that affects
00:18:32families from all classes. So,
00:18:35the bad
00:18:39internal atmosphere pushes Vice President JD
00:18:42Vance to show that he is in a position
00:18:46of strength or that things are going well with
00:18:49Iran. I believe it is political bidding, nothing
00:18:53more, nothing
00:18:56in strategic affairs from Washington, Joe Tabit.
00:19:00Thank you very much for these
00:19:01clarifications.
00:19:05The seventh round of talks between Lebanon and Israel
00:19:09concluded in the Italian capital, which witnessed
00:19:13progress in some technical aspects, while contentious issues remained
00:19:16under discussion, and talks are expected to resume in
00:19:20subsequent rounds. On the ground, Israeli
00:19:23forces launched air raids and extensive artillery shelling
00:19:27on several areas in southern Lebanon, resulting in a number
00:19:30of deaths
00:19:32and injuries.
00:19:35The Italian capital, Rome, closed the curtain on a new
00:19:39round of Lebanese-Israeli talks under American
00:19:43sponsorship and the participation of mediators in an attempt
00:19:49the southern border. The meetings discussed
00:19:52mechanisms for implementing security understandings, completing
00:19:55the deployment of the Lebanese army,
00:19:58the remaining areas, in addition to arrangements aimed at
00:20:02preventing renewed confrontations and strengthening
00:20:05stability along the Blue Line.
00:20:08Diplomatic circles indicated progress in
00:20:13an agreement to continue consultations during the upcoming
00:20:16period, while the more complex issues,
00:20:20foremost among them the full Israeli withdrawal and security
00:20:23guarantees, and implementation and monitoring mechanisms, remained
00:20:27without a final resolution, reflecting the continued divergence
00:20:31in the positions of both sides.
00:20:33However, the negotiation atmosphere again clashed with a tense
00:20:37field reality after southern Lebanon witnessed
00:20:41a new military escalation, which was represented by Israeli raids
00:20:44targeting a number of border towns, accompanied by
00:20:48intense overflights by drones and fighter jets,
00:20:51and shelling that affected populated
00:20:53areas, resulting in deaths and injuries
00:20:57and causing damage to properties and infrastructure,
00:21:00according to Lebanese
00:21:03contrast, the Israeli army announced the killing of two soldiers
00:21:06and the injury of others during a military operation in southern
00:21:09Lebanon, affirming its continued operations against what
00:21:13it described as targets belonging to Hezbollah, at a time
00:21:16when the United Nations warned that the continued escalation
00:21:20threatens to undermine political efforts and increases
00:21:23the fragility of the security and humanitarian situation on both sides
00:21:27of the border.
00:21:30To talk more about the outcome of the Rome
00:21:34negotiations between Lebanon and Israel, we are joined from Beirut
00:21:38by political analyst Professor Youssef
00:21:40Diab. Professor Youssef, based on your follow-up,
00:21:44where can the results of the Rome round be placed? At the limits of technical
00:21:47progress, or approaching solving points
00:21:51of disagreement?
00:21:54Good evening to you and the viewers. If we want to take the final
00:21:58outcome of these negotiations, we can say that
00:22:02the seventh round concluded without tangible results.
00:22:05The Lebanese side did not get from
00:22:10anything through the proposals
00:22:13submitted by Lebanon, neither with regard
00:22:15to stopping military actions and aggression,
00:22:19nor to releasing
00:22:22prisoners, nor also to
00:22:26the pilot areas or the second phase of the pilot areas
00:22:30that Lebanon insisted on defining
00:22:33during this session.
00:22:36The Israelis had
00:22:39or pretexts
00:22:41to reject everything that came in the Lebanese
00:22:45paper, the Lebanese demands.
00:22:47The Israeli negotiator argued
00:22:51that he wanted to elevate the Lebanese demands to the political
00:22:55level, especially regarding the issue of Lebanese
00:22:58prisoners. Even the Israelis did
00:23:01not provide a list of their Lebanese
00:23:04prisoners, while Lebanon also
00:23:08does not have final figures, considering
00:23:12that the Lebanese state confuses matters between those who
00:23:15are prisoners with the Israeli enemy
00:23:22army, especially since what is known
00:23:25as the area located within the
00:23:28Yellow Line is not accessible to the Lebanese state
00:23:31or the Red Cross to know
00:23:36under the rubble
00:23:39and areas under Israeli
00:23:43occupation, Youssef. Therefore, this
00:23:46round ended without tangible results. Professor Youssef, since
00:23:50you touched upon the issue of prisoner
00:23:52exchange,
00:23:55which has also returned to the forefront
00:23:57file, how can this file be managed if
00:24:01it becomes part of any
00:24:03agreement?
00:24:07I mean, it must be an essential part
00:24:10of the deal. You know, madam, that
00:24:14the initiative launched by the Lebanese
00:24:18direct negotiations with Israel stipulated
00:24:21four points: first, a ceasefire and Israeli
00:24:25withdrawal, the return of displaced persons,
00:24:31from Israeli prisons, and the beginning of the reconstruction
00:24:34process. So far, the Israeli side has not agreed
00:24:38to delve into this matter, even concealing
00:24:42the number of prisoners it holds. In Lebanon, there is one
00:24:47Al-Amhaz, whom Israeli intelligence admitted
00:24:51to kidnapping from the city
00:24:54of Batroun during the 2024 war. Since
00:24:57then, it has not admitted to the presence of any prisoner,
00:25:00except that during the course of the war,
00:25:03the Israeli
00:25:06army command stated that it had captured fighters from
00:25:09the Radwan Forces affiliated with Hezbollah.
00:25:12I believe that this matter is crucial
00:25:16and must be at the core of the negotiations conducted by
00:25:20Lebanon, and Lebanon will not accept to conclude
00:25:23these negotiations except with the release of prisoners and also
00:25:27the cessation of aggression and the Israeli withdrawal from southern
00:25:31Lebanon. However, according to
00:25:36the Presidential Palace, the Israeli is not
00:25:39willing to give anything from these
00:25:42cards to the Lebanese side, and these are cards of strength
00:25:45that Benjamin Netanyahu is using in the elections
00:25:48scheduled to be held in
00:25:51the upcoming fall. And he thereby considers
00:25:54that the Israeli army has achieved
00:25:59through occupation, destruction, establishing
00:26:02a safe zone or a security
00:26:06of prisoners affiliated with Hezbollah, as the Israeli says, and therefore
00:26:11the elections and cannot offer anything from this
00:26:15card before the election that
00:26:17Benjamin Netanyahu hopes will result in his favor
00:26:21and his government's favor in the post-election
00:26:24phase. Among the proposals that emerged
00:26:28was to amend the role of UNIFIL
00:26:31or to assign the monitoring of the agreement to
00:26:34any other international body. To what extent does this proposal seem
00:26:38realistic, and what can
00:26:41the ground?
00:26:46Lebanon cannot today accept the withdrawal of UNIFIL
00:26:50forces at the end of the current year without an alternative
00:26:54force. Meaning, Lebanon and the Lebanese
00:26:57army and security institutions
00:27:01will not accept direct coordination with Israel regarding
00:27:04security measures on the border. There must be a third
00:27:07party to oversee this
00:27:10matter. There was talk about the possibility
00:27:14of French forces renewing
00:27:17their status within UNIFIL forces and strengthening their
00:27:21forces. The Israeli side rejected the presence
00:27:24of Israeli forces and also rejected the presence
00:27:27of Turkish forces. There
00:27:31was talk about the issue of having Pakistani
00:27:34soldiers. So far, this matter has not been resolved,
00:27:37but I believe that what brings the Lebanese
00:27:40and Israeli proposals closer is to have
00:27:43Italian forces, considering that
00:27:47provoke the Israeli side.
00:27:50Italy also supports the Lebanese army and has previously
00:27:54held several conferences to support
00:27:57the Lebanese army. However, there is a delay in the arrival of these
00:28:01Italian forces because that requires
00:28:05the Italian Parliament, and the matter may
00:28:09require a delay. Therefore, the new
00:28:12round of negotiations was postponed without
00:28:15a date being set. There was talk about
00:28:18early September, but this
00:28:21matter is not resolved yet. There is concern in
00:28:24Lebanon that negotiations will extend beyond the Israeli
00:28:28elections, and then there
00:28:31is real concern that the field
00:28:34will speak again and the Israelis will resume
00:28:37military escalation in southern Lebanon on a wide
00:28:41scale. Professor Youssef, this is one round out of several previous rounds
00:28:45and several subsequent rounds.
00:28:47In your opinion, what can bring
00:28:52file and change the negotiation path between
00:28:56Israel and Lebanon and perhaps
00:28:58lead this file to
00:29:03solution?
00:29:07There is only one factor that can change the current reality: the American
00:29:11administration's active intervention and pressure
00:29:14on Israel to begin
00:29:16practical measures to implement the model
00:29:19areas or the pilot phases mentioned
00:29:23in the framework agreement between Lebanon
00:29:26and Israel and signed at the US
00:29:29State Department also
00:29:33in the presence of Secretary Marco Rubio. Today,
00:29:36there is Lebanese reliance and there
00:29:40are contacts after the end of the negotiation round that
00:29:43It was, to some extent, disappointing for the
00:29:46Lebanese side. There is information that says the
00:29:49presidential palace activated communications with the American
00:29:53administration for there to be swift American intervention.
00:29:56I mean, after these communications, we heard about
00:30:00positions issued by the American side saying
00:30:03that the round of Lebanese Israeli
00:30:07negotiations was fruitful. But the
00:30:10Lebanese did not feel anything from, I mean, these
00:30:14fruitful results on the ground except for Israeli intransigence
00:30:17and not offering any paper to Lebanon. No,
00:30:21on the contrary, it greatly embarrassed Lebanon. The bet
00:30:25today is on the American role and American pressure to
00:30:28go in two directions. The first direction is to
00:30:31curb Israeli escalation and for
00:30:34Israel not to يعني raise the
00:30:37level of military operations, warnings, and threats,
00:30:40as happened last night when the town
00:30:44of Mansoura was warned residents.
00:30:48And also for there to be an active
00:30:52American will to move towards the second
00:30:56phase of the experimental areas and to see implementation on the ground.
00:30:59I believe if the Americans were serious about that.