Samir Geagea, head of the Christian Lebanese Forces party, publicly and forcefully backed the U.S.-brokered framework agreement with Israel, according to Abu Ali Express. In a written statement, Geagea called the deal the most important political step Lebanon has taken in 50 years and directly attacked Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri for opposing it, warning that accusations of 'civil war' ring hollow when security provisions of the Taif Agreement were previously enforced selectively.
Samir Geagea, the leader of the Christian Lebanese Forces party, issued a sweeping endorsement of the U.S.-brokered framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel, directly confronting Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri's opposition. In a statement published Sunday afternoon, Geagea called the deal "the most important political step taken by the Lebanese state in 50 years," intended to extract Lebanon from the tragic consequences of armed "resistances" operating in the south for decades.
Geagea turned Berri's own warning of civil war against him, arguing that the real civil war occurred when the Taif Agreement was implemented selectively in the security and military sphere — enforced on some parties but not others. He urged all Lebanese to rally behind President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, calling the current moment "the greatest opportunity Lebanon has been given to free itself from the tragic reality of the last 50 years."
Geagea's statement comes days after the framework was formally announced, and after Berri — head of the Shia Amal movement — warned that internal discord over the deal could spark civil war. As The Zioneer previously reported, Berri's warnings echoed a June 9 signal from Hezbollah and Amal of readiness for a full ceasefire, but the current opposition reflects deep sectarian fissures over the terms of the diplomatic process.
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