International– Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that his forces will remain in the security areas it occupies in southern Lebanon, rejecting any link between the military withdrawal and the diplomatic understandings reached by Washington and Tehran, and declaring that “what must be accomplished there has not yet been completed.”
Netanyahu explained that the Lebanese file is moving on a path completely independent of the US-Iranian talks, and that Israel will base its decisions on its own security assessments and not on the outcomes of external negotiations. This is a position reinforced by an explicit American statement that confirmed that the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon is not among the terms of any agreement with Tehran.
Tel Aviv is basing its adherence to its positions on three specific security reasons: preventing Hezbollah’s repositioning on the border after the damage to its military structure during the war, establishing a buffer security belt that prevents any future attacks from southern Lebanon, and requiring clear guarantees such as activating the role of the Lebanese army or international oversight mechanisms before any withdrawal.
However, the situation is not devoid of internal political dimensions, as Netanyahu fears that any early withdrawal will be read as yielding to pressure from Iran or a moral victory for Hezbollah, while the pressure of the Israeli right-wing movements that reject any concession that affects the declared war objectives increases the hardening of his position.
In the same context, Netanyahu linked the Lebanese scene to the broader Iranian threat, reiterating that preventing Tehran from possessing nuclear weapons represents an issue
Source:“My press”
صحافة بلادي صحيفة إلكترونية مغاربية متجددة على مدار الساعة تعنى بشؤون المغرب الجزائر ليبيا موريتانيا تونس