Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri sharply condemned the U.S.-brokered framework agreement with Israel in a new interview, calling it a "dictate" and comparing it to the defunct May 17, 1983 accord. Berri said the deal ties an IDF withdrawal to political and security conditions that would take years to implement, with no guarantees binding Israel. He argued the only viable framework is the Iran-US memorandum of understanding, and warned supporters against street protests to avoid internal chaos.
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri escalated his opposition to the U.S.-brokered framework agreement with Israel in a new interview published Monday with the Al-Akhbar newspaper. Berri compared the deal to the defunct May 17, 1983 accord, calling it a "dictate" that ties an IDF withdrawal to political and security conditions that would take years to implement, with no binding guarantees on Israel. He argued that only the Iran-U.S. memorandum of understanding can create the necessary balance of power, and urged supporters to avoid street protests to prevent internal chaos.
This marks Berri's most direct and detailed attack since the deal was announced. As The Zioneer reported earlier Monday at 07:47, Berri already called the deal "10 times worse" than the 1983 accord. By 08:51, he stated the agreement "will not be adopted" in its current form. The thread shows Berri's opposition has steadily hardened: from a warning of civil war at 14:04 on Saturday, to calling the deal "illogical" and a threat to all Arab states, to now framing it as a foreign dictate. Initial reports came via Israeli media and the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Akhbar; subsequent corroboration has come from multiple newsrooms.
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Source and signal
- Internal intake