Mourners carry the coffin of Israa Bahjat, one of the two women killed in an Israeli strike on the village of Arab Salim, during her funeral in Jibsheet, southern Lebanon, on Sept. 6, 2026. (Credit: Ammar Ammar/AFP)
BEIRUT — MP Ibrahim Moussawi, a member of the Hezbollah parliamentary bloc, has taken an even tougher line regarding the direct negotiations between Lebanon and Israel, the path opted for by President Joseph Aoun. Moussawi has called for an end to the talks and a withdrawal from the “framework agreement,” against the backdrop of Israeli escalation in southern Lebanon, which has claimed scores of victims in recent days, almost all civilians.
“How many more massacres will it take before he puts an end to the negotiations and withdraws from the framework agreement, which is already obsolete?” he asked.
According to the MP, the “philosophy” championed by Aoun regarding direct negotiations and the framework agreement is to secure “a cease-fire, an end to the aggression and the withdrawal of the occupying forces.”
He pointed out that Aoun had even presented these points as conditions for the continuation of negotiations. “But he continues to negotiate and still wants to give it another go, despite the disastrous results,” he criticized.
At the end of August, Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem strongly condemned the negotiation process, saying it had brought about "neither an end to the war nor an Israeli withdrawal," and called for the framework agreement to be "brought down."
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