Netanyahu vows to maintain Lebanon presence as 5th round of Israel-Lebanon talks begins

Israeli military maintains presence in southern Lebanon affecting civilian populations; ongoing fighting between Israel and Hezbollah continues as backdrop to negotiations.

In Washington on Tuesday, Israeli and Lebanese diplomats sat down for a fifth round of direct talks at the State Department, even as Israeli leaders made plain that their forces would not leave southern Lebanon regardless of what the negotiations produced. The talks unfolded against the shadow of a separate American diplomatic effort with Iran, creating two competing tracks that pull at each other's legitimacy. Lebanon, caught between Israeli military presence, Iranian influence, and American pressure, sought to assert its right to speak for itself. What is being tested here is whether diploma

Netanyahu vows to maintain Lebanon presence as 5th round of Israel-Lebanon talks begins

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