Lebanese journalist Hassan Illaik:
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"This is a security normalization agreement, an agreement of subordinate alliance under which Joseph Aoun becomes subordinate to Netanyahu, as well as to any future Israeli prime minister. In addition to establishing a joint security committee, granting the United States control over reconstruction, and effectively making the Israeli army the overseer of the Lebanese Army to verify that it carries out its 'obligations,' Joseph Aoun has also pledged not to pursue the Israeli entity for any crimes it has committed in the past or may commit in the future. Joseph Aoun has granted the Israeli entity legal immunity, shielding it from prosecution before any international institution, whether judicial or political. I was already aware of the general direction of the agreement, but this clause exceeded every expectation in its sheer disgrace."