Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri told the pro-Hezbollah daily Al-Akhbar that the U.S.-brokered framework agreement with Israel is a set of dictates that does not safeguard Lebanon's rights and will not be ratified. Berri warned the deal could trigger internal strife and called on his supporters to avoid street protests that might spiral into chaos and civil war.
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri — head of the Shia Amal movement and a close Hezbollah ally — has issued a string of sharp rejections of the U.S.-brokered framework agreement signed between Lebanon and Israel last Saturday in Washington. In interviews with the pro-Hezbollah daily Al-Akhbar published Sunday and Monday, Berri called the accord a set of dictates that does not preserve Lebanon's rights and is ten times worse than the May 17, 1983, agreement (which was later annulled). He warned that the deal could open the door to internal division and conflict among Lebanese, serving Israeli occupation goals. Berri also cautioned that the agreement's implementation timeline — linking an IDF withdrawal to political and security conditions — would take years with no guarantees binding Israel. He stressed that the solution lies in the regional equation and referenced the US-Iran memorandum of understanding as the only framework capable of forcing Israeli commitments. While vowing that the accord will not be ratified, Berri urged his supporters not to take to the streets, warning that protests could be exploited to drag the country into chaos and civil war. Amal ministers, he said, will participate in cabinet discussions and present their opposition within state institutions. As The Zioneer reported earlier, Berri's stance aligns with Hezbollah's categorical rejection of the deal, while the Christian Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has voiced strong support for the framework.
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