Ambassador Yechiel Leiter said the new framework agreement between Israel, Lebanon, and the United States takes precedence over the older memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran regarding Lebanon's border and security arrangements, according to Amichai Stein (i24NEWS).
Ambassador Yechiel Leiter's statement Monday evening adds a clear Israeli diplomatic position to the ongoing debate over the relative standing of two recent agreements touching Lebanon. The tripartite Israel-Lebanon-US framework, Leiter argued, overrides the older US-Iran memorandum of understanding on Lebanon's border and security provisions.
As The Zioneer has reported in previous analyses, the US-Iran MOU has been interpreted by some analysts as giving Iran influence over Beirut, while the Israel-Lebanon deal has been described as an opening for regional peace. Leiter's remarks reinforce the Israeli view that the newer, trilateral framework is the operative one.
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