Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said Tuesday that the Israel-Lebanon framework agreement is intended to undermine the memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran. Berri added that the deal grants legitimacy to Israel to continue occupying parts of Lebanon and operating freely there, similar to Gaza, according to his remarks reported by a Telegram news channel.
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Tuesday delivered a sharp critique of the U.S.-brokered framework agreement between Israel and Lebanon, asserting that its primary purpose is to sabotage the separate memorandum of understanding reached between Washington and Tehran. Berri, a key Hezbollah ally and head of the Amal movement, argued that the agreement also serves to legitimize what he described as continued Israeli occupation of parts of Lebanon and unfettered Israeli military operations there — a characterization he likened to Israel's posture in Gaza. His remarks follow a pattern of opposition from the Hezbollah-led camp: as The Zioneer has reported over the past two weeks, Berri previously vowed to block the security deal, warning it could trigger a "civil war"; Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah similarly called the accord an attempt to disrupt the Iran deal; and a senior Christian lawmaker, Sami Gemayel, urged the U.S. not to let Iran fold Lebanon into its own understanding with Washington. Berri's latest statement did not include any new policy announcement, but the consistency and timing suggest the resistance-aligned parliamentary bloc is maintaining its preexisting line of opposition.
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