Lebanese public opinion is split over the US-brokered framework to end the war with Israel, signed Friday by Lebanese, Israeli, and US officials without Hezbollah. Some Lebanese welcome an end to hostilities, while others call it a humiliation that legitimizes Israel's continued military presence in southern Lebanon.
A video circulating on Lebanese social media captures a man calling the framework agreement 'an agreement of humiliation and shame' — a sentiment that reflects a significant strand of Lebanese public opinion.
The framework was signed on Friday by Lebanese, Israeli, and US officials without Hezbollah's involvement. Under its terms, Lebanon would receive $100 million in humanitarian assistance and $30 million for the Lebanese Armed Forces. The deal allows Israeli forces to remain in parts of southern Lebanon until Israel determines that the threat from Hezbollah to its northern communities no longer exists.
As The Zioneer reported on Saturday, Hezbollah immediately rejected the framework, calling it 'null and void' because it ties Israel's withdrawal to the terror group's disarmament. The Lebanese public reaction captured now — a mix of relief at the prospect of peace and anger at what critics view as a diktat legitimizing a foreign military presence — illustrates the internal pressure facing the Lebanese state as it attempts to enforce sovereignty over Hezbollah.
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