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Mon · 17 Aug 2026

Lebanese PM: Negotiations With Israel Are "Least Costly" Option

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Lebanese PM: Negotiations With Israel Are "Least Costly" Option

🕊️ BEIRUT — Lebanon's PM endorses talks while Israel is already moving the front line north. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Salam signaling openness to negotiations with IDF forces issuing displacement orders is less a diplomatic choice than a survival calculation — but it hands Netanyahu a pretext to pause escalation on his terms. It bypasses Hezbollah's veto on Lebanon's posture and pressures Tehran: if Beirut negotiates separately, the resistance axis fractures at its western anchor. Watch whether Araghchi responds.

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