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US ‘plans to attack seven Muslim states’
Presidential hopeful General Wesley Clark says the White House devised a five-year plan after the 9/11 strikes to attack seven majority-Muslim countries.
US ‘plans to attack seven Muslim states’
Lebanon is part of plan of 7 countries project, now only they are trying there best on Lebanon and Iran. Rest all gone, Libya, Iraq, Syria, Somalia ...etc
US hails 'historic opportunity' for peace after Lebanon, Israel talks in Washington
Middle EastIsrael and Lebanon have agreed to launch direct negotiations after wrapping up talks in Washington on Tuesday, which US Secretary of State Marco Rubio described as a “historic opportunity” for peace.
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Israel and Lebanon agreed to direct negotiations following talks in Washington on Tuesday that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had hailed as a "historic opportunity" for peace.
The two countries have technically been at war for decades, and Tuesday's talks have been vehemently opposed by the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, which announced that it had fired rockets at more than a dozen northern Israeli towns just as the meeting was getting underway.
Read moreMiddle East liveblog: Israel, Lebanon agree to direct negotiations after DC meeting, US says
The United States is pressing for a halt to the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, fearing it could derail the two-week ceasefire in Washington's war with Iran after talks with Tehran in Pakistan failed to achieve a breakthrough.
Lebanon was pulled into the broader conflict when Hezbollah attacked Israel in support of its backer Iran, sparking an Israeli ground invasion and strikes that have killed more than 2,000 people and displaced over a million.
Read moreHow Iran's Revolutionary Guards helped Hezbollah prepare for its latest war with Israel
Tuesday's meeting in Washington – the first high-level, direct talks since 1993 – was mediated by Rubio and involved the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors to the United States.
"This is a historic opportunity," Rubio said as he welcomed the ambassadors, acknowledging the "decades of history" complicating the process.
"The hope today is that we can outline a framework upon which a current and lasting peace can be developed."
Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun had said he hoped the talks "will mark the beginning of the end of the suffering of the Lebanese people."
A State Department spokesperson said afterward that discussions were "productive," adding: "All sides agreed to launch direct negotiations at a mutually agreed time and venue."
Israeli ambassador Yechiel Leiter said the two sides "had a wonderful exchange."
"We discovered today that we're on the same side," he told reporters, saying both countries were "united in liberating Lebanon" from Hezbollah.
In a statement of her own, Lebanese Ambassador Nada Hamadeh Moawad called the meeting "constructive," but said she had also called for a ceasefire and insisted on "the full sovereignty of the state over all Lebanese land," among other issues.
Israeli forces are currently occupying parts of Lebanon's south, and its government has resisted considering any ceasefire until Hezbollah is dismantled.
Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said his country was seeking "peace and normalisation" with the Lebanese state, but said Hezbollah was the key problem and "needs to be addressed."
Before the meeting, Hezbollah's leader Naim Qassem had called for the negotiations to be scrapped and vowed to fight on.
Foreign ministers from 17 countries, including Britain and France, urged both countries to seize the chance to bring lasting security to the region.
US blockades Iran
While attention shifted to the meeting in Washington, Trump sought to squeeze Iran with a naval blockade.US Central Command had said the measures covered "vessels of all nations entering or departing Iranian ports and coastal areas."
On Tuesday it maintained no vessels had passed through the strait and six had complied with instructions to turn back, although maritime tracking data from Kpler suggested several ships that had visited Iranian ports had managed to cross since the start of the blockade.
Iran's military command branded the blockade an act of piracy and warned that if the security of its harbours was "threatened, no port in the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea will be safe."
With his blockade of Iranian ports, Trump was trying to starve Iran of funds but also pressure Beijing, the biggest buyer of Iranian oil, to lean on Tehran to reopen Hormuz, analysts said.
China said the blockade was "dangerous and irresponsible," after Trump threatened to sink any boats that sought to leave or dock at Iranian ports.
Crucially, despite the blockade, the fragile two-week truce agreed last Wednesday between Washington and Tehran remained in place.
Trump on Tuesday told the New York Post that a new round of talks could happen in Pakistan "over the next two days," having told reporters the day before that unnamed Iranian officials had called him wanting to make a deal.
UN chief Antonio Guterres said there was "no military solution" to the conflict and that peace required "persistent engagement and political will."
"Serious negotiations must resume," he told journalists in New York.
On Tuesday, senior Pakistani sources told AFP that Islamabad was working to bring Iran and the United States together for a second round of talks.
Nuclear enrichment pause?
Trump has insisted that an agreement must include stopping Iran from ever acquiring a nuclear weapon, having launched the war after accusing Tehran of seeking to develop an atomic bomb -- an allegation it denies.During weekend talks, the United States reportedly sought a 20-year suspension of Iran's uranium enrichment program, according to media reports on Monday.
Iran in turn proposed to suspend its nuclear activity for five years, which US officials rejected, The New York Times reported.
Moscow has offered to hold Iran's enriched uranium safely as part of any deal.
Chinese President Xi Jinping also vowed Tuesday that Beijing would play a "constructive role" in promoting peace talks in the Middle East.
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Israeli envoy says 'on the same side' with Lebanon after talks in US
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The ambassadors of Israel and Lebanon to the United States joined historic talks at the State Department in Washington
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Direct talks between Israel and Lebanon concluded in Washington on Tuesday, with Israel's envoy hailing a "wonderful exchange" and saying the two countries are "on the same side" in opposing Iran-backed Hezbollah.
"We enjoyed it together. We had a wonderful exchange of over two hours," Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter told reporters following the talks.
"We discovered today that we're on the same side," he said, adding: "We are both united in liberating Lebanon from (an) occupation power dominated by Iran called Hezbollah."
There was no immediate reaction from the Lebanese side.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio -- who mediated the talks -- had earlier urged the two countries to seize a "historic opportunity" for peace.
"We understand we're working against decades of history and the complexities that have led us to this unique moment and the opportunity here," Rubio said at the State Department as he welcomed the ambassadors of the two countries.
"The hope today is that we can outline a framework upon which a current and lasting peace can be developed," he added.
But the prospect of an easy agreement appear slim, especially as Hezbollah -- which is battling Israeli forces in southern Lebanon -- opposed the talks and called for them to be scrapped before they even began.
Hezbollah said it had launched "simultaneous rocket salvos" at 13 northern Israeli towns shortly after the start of the discussions, following an Israeli warning of a rise in attacks during the talks.
Lebanon was pulled into the region-wide Iran war on March 2 after Hezbollah attacked Israel.
Since then Israeli strikes -- including an extremely heavy attack on Beirut on April 8 -- have killed more than 2,000 people and displaced more than one million, despite international calls for a ceasefire.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that "we want the dismantling of Hezbollah's weapons, and we want a real peace agreement that will last for generations."
On the Lebanese side, President Joseph Aoun said Monday he hoped the Washington talks will yield "an agreement...on a ceasefire in Lebanon, with the aim of starting direct negotiations between Lebanon and Israel."
President Donald Trump's administration insists on the disarmament of Hezbollah, but also respect for Lebanon's territorial integrity and sovereignty, while simultaneously upholding Israel's rights -- positions that appear difficult to reconcile.
A former Israeli defense official told journalists on condition of anonymity Monday that it would take "a lot of imagination and optimism to think" that the issues between Israel and Lebanon can be solved in Washington Tuesday, adding that "expectations are low."
Report: Aoun satisfied with Tuesday talks with Israel, no date set for 2nd round
by Naharnet Newsdesk 2 hours ago
President Joseph Aoun is satisfied with the Israeli-Lebanese meeting that was held Tuesday in Washington, sources said.
"He is following on the details of the negotiations and continuing his contacts to achieve the primary objective: a ceasefire," the sources told Al-Arabiya's Al-Hadath channel.
The sources also said that Aoun is "unconcerned by the dissonant voices that criticized the Washington meeting with Israel."
LBCI television meanwhile reported that, as of Wednesday afternoon, no date or location had been set for a sec9nd round of negotiations between Lebanon and Israel.
It however added that Israel is refusing to participate in talks outside the United States.
So Haider, you posted an off-topic video from 2003 in this thread. Why is doing so important to you?
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Every future planning has past , but 7 already came true. just like a plan of Greater Israel , Lebanon expansionism. Free hand to settlers.
The old vid u posted is related to the U.S., not Israel-Lebanon.
I think you posted it just to maintain and inspire fear of the West in these promising moments of upcoming peace between Israel and Lebanon.
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in past 2 days: 1 IDF terrorist killed and 22 IDF terrorists injured, including IDF commander of the 401st Armored Brigade’s 52nd Battalion, who was "severely injured" and replaced by his deputy
2 Hermes 450 drones were also shot down by Hezbollah
2 Hermes 450 drones were also shot down by Hezbollah
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Hebrew platforms talk about a new Hezbollah ambush
The security incident, for the first time in the town of Debbin in southern Lebanon, occurred when Israeli army forces attempted to enter the town and were ambushed from three axes. More details later...
The security incident, for the first time in the town of Debbin in southern Lebanon, occurred when Israeli army forces attempted to enter the town and were ambushed from three axes. More details later...
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5 IDF terrorists injured in new Hezbollah rocket strike in south Lebanon
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