The third visit of the controversial American envoy to Lebanon after the Gaza war/What does Hockstein want in Beirut?

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, yesterday Monday “Amos Hochstein”, the controversial US envoy who previously He played the so-called “mediator” role in delineating the maritime borders of Lebanon and occupied Palestine. He traveled to Beirut for the third time since the beginning of the Gaza war in the framework of his country’s efforts to calm down the south of Lebanon and ensure the security of the Zionists in the north of occupied Palestine. >

America’s effort to get guarantees from Lebanon for Israel

It is clear that this Hochstein visit cannot be separated It is one of the negotiations that were recently held in Paris, Doha and Cairo for a ceasefire in Gaza. The Americans are trying to prepare a draft agreement for a ceasefire on the borders of Lebanon and occupied Palestine before the ceasefire in Gaza. For Israel, it has come to Beirut, and of course this was completely predictable, and all the trips that the American and Western delegations have made to Lebanon since the beginning of the Gaza war have been in line with this goal. But according to what informed Lebanese sources say, the most important thing that Hochstein brought to Beirut behind the scenes this time was a written statement that he presented from the Lebanese parliament building and contained an obvious threat.

We should note that Hochstein’s trip to Lebanon coincided with the escalation of tensions on the borders of Lebanon and occupied Palestine and the attempt of the occupying army’s Golani brigade to penetrate into Lebanese territory, which Hezbollah thwarted this enemy’s attempt with explosive traps and cannonballs. Earlier, the Americans had claimed that if the diplomatic efforts to withdraw Hezbollah from the borders failed, Israel would launch a ground attack against Lebanon. Of course, Lebanon generally denied all news and claims in this regard.

Al newspaper News Quoting informed sources, Hochstein is personally seeking to develop an agreement in the style of an agreement to delineate the maritime borders of Lebanon and Palestine is an occupation where he previously played the role of so-called “mediator” in this agreement. In fact, part of the message of Hockstein’s new trip to Beirut is that he wants to say that there is no role for other parties, including France, in a possible agreement to calm the borders of Lebanon and occupied Palestine.

Washington’s conspiratorial plan for southern Lebanon

According to these sources, Hochstein is still working on a paper that includes ideas for security arrangements in Both sides of the borders are according to Resolution 1701; in such a way as to ensure the widespread deployment of Lebanese army forces on the borders alongside the UNIFIL forces (the so-called peacekeeping forces of the United Nations based in Lebanon) and to end any military presence of Hezbollah in the border area, and in return the Israeli army land points in the disputed area should be removed. According to this report, Hochstein combined his ideas in this field with the presentation of an economic support program for the southern regions of Lebanon and pledged that international oil exploration companies and resume gas in Lebanon.

The controversial American envoy said in a meeting with Lebanese officials: “We want to reach a mechanism at any cost that will prevent the situation on the Lebanese front from becoming avoid a big confrontation; Because if this war happens later, no one will be able to control it. I have ideas that will make it possible to reach a security agreement that will create a state of reassurance on both sides of the border so that both Lebanon and Israel are satisfied.”

The threatening message sent by America to Beirut

However, there are conflicting analysis and interpretations about Hochstein’s intentions and goals in South Lebanon. Some believe that Hochstein meant that a ceasefire in Gaza does not necessarily mean a ceasefire in southern Lebanon and that if a war breaks out on the borders of Lebanon and occupied Palestine, no one, not even the United States, will be able to stop it, and in fact this American envoy implicitly threatened Lebanon.

Sources familiar with the atmosphere of Hochstein’s meeting with Lebanese officials quoted him as saying that Israel continues to raise the tension and believes that the return of the residents of the northern regions of Israel (occupied Palestine) without a large-scale military operation in Lebanon is not possible, but America wants to prevent this operation and is trying to reach a political solution according to Resolution 1701. According to the mentioned sources, the Lebanese side also told Hochstein that Lebanon adheres to Resolution 1701 and America should put pressure on Israel to comply with this resolution.

The American envoy started his trip to Beirut with a meeting with the Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, Nabiy Berri, and in his talks focused on the need to prevent escalation. Tensions and attempts to return refugees were from both sides (southern Lebanon and northern occupied Palestine). But at the same time, Hochstein did not carry any commitment from Israel regarding a ceasefire in southern Lebanon and did not mention that after the ceasefire in Gaza, a ceasefire will also be established on the borders of Lebanon and occupied Palestine.

In fact Hochstein sought assurances from Lebanon that Hezbollah would cease its anti-Israeli operations, sooner or later. He also seeks to first get Lebanon’s positive response to reach an agreement to stop military operations and present it to Israel, and then discuss the arrangements related to the deployment of the Lebanese Army and UNIFIL and Hezbollah’s military situation in the border areas. and reach a comprehensive solution.

It is noteworthy that despite all this, there is no guarantee for Israel’s commitment to the issues that Hochstein raises regarding the aforementioned agreement. Here, it is necessary to refer to the words of the American envoy in the Lebanese parliament building, who said: Any ceasefire in Gaza does not necessarily mean an automatic ceasefire in southern Lebanon, and therefore we must work on a solution to reach a solution in both Gaza and Lebanon. The escalation of the situation is very dangerous and there is no such thing as a limited war, and if a war breaks out across the southern border of Lebanon, it will be uncontrollable.

This controversial American envoy declared in a written statement: diplomatic support to end the escalation of tensions on the borders so that the Lebanese in the south can return to their homes, and the same applies to the Israelis in the northern region (occupied Palestine).

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