Although Kataeb leader Sami Gemayel fully supports Lebanon’s official approach of holding separate negotiations with Israel under U.S. auspices, he says he is aware that the situation in Lebanon remains partly dependent on developments between the United States and Iran. First, because the region is currently undergoing a period of complex changes. Second, because, in his view, as long as there is a Lebanese group that remains affiliated with Iran, that country will continue to have direct influence over Lebanon, and the situation at home will remain dependent on its positions.In this context, Gemayel told a delegation from the Lebanese Press Editors’ Syndicate, led by Joseph Kossayfi, that there is no purely Lebanese solution to the country’s current problems. Proof of this, he said, is that Hezbollah dragged the country into three wars...
Although Kataeb leader Sami Gemayel fully supports Lebanon’s official approach of holding separate negotiations with Israel under U.S. auspices, he says he is aware that the situation in Lebanon remains partly dependent on developments between the United States and Iran. First, because the region is currently undergoing a period of complex changes. Second, because, in his view, as long as there is a Lebanese group that remains affiliated with Iran, that country will continue to have direct influence over Lebanon, and the situation at home will remain dependent on its positions.In this context, Gemayel told a delegation from the Lebanese Press Editors’ Syndicate, led by Joseph Kossayfi, that there is no purely Lebanese solution to the country’s current problems. Proof of this, he said, is that Hezbollah dragged the country into...
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