{"id":37853,"date":"2026-06-23T18:29:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T16:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=37853"},"modified":"2026-06-23T18:29:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T16:29:59","slug":"new-lebanon-israel-talks-begin-in-shadow-of-us-iran-deal","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/new-lebanon-israel-talks-begin-in-shadow-of-us-iran-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"New Lebanon-Israel talks begin in shadow of US-Iran deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">Lebanon and Israel began a new round \u200bof talks <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">this Tuesday<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\"> in Washington, with Beirut determined to press ahead with direct negotiations even as they appear to be overshadowed by Iran&#8217;s decision \u200cto make Lebanon part of its talks with the United States (US).<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"x_ms-outlook-mobile-body-separator-line\">\n<div>\nLebanese officials have insisted that face-to-face negotiations with Israel are the only way to secure an end to the war raging since <span dir=\"ltr\">March 2<\/span>, when armed group Hezbollah fired at Israel in support of Iran and triggered Israeli air and ground attacks that have killed more than 4 000 people in Lebanon.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>But four rounds of Lebanese-Israeli talks since April have failed to produce a durable ceasefire.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Instead, \u200bthe longest lull in fighting came this week after Iran and the US agreed a memorandum of understanding that stipulated fighting would halt across all fronts, including Lebanon.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>That \u200bdeal buoyed Iran-backed Hezbollah and dealt a blow to the Lebanese state, whose leaders including President Joseph Aoun had repeatedly warned that Tehran cannot negotiate \u2060on Lebanon&#8217;s behalf.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Today, and in the coming days, we embark on a new round of talks, which we hope will be decisive in achieving what we desire for the good \u200bof our nation and our people,&#8221; Aoun said in a post on X on Tuesday.<br \/>\nA State Department official said the negotiations would involve military and political delegates from each country and \u200baimed to &#8220;advance a comprehensive peace and security agreement between the two countries.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Our shared goal is to end the cycle of violence for good. We are enabling Israel and Lebanon to negotiate as two sovereign states and to find a way to have peace and security,&#8221; the official said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2014Reuters\u2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":27587,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[],"class_list":["post-37853","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"A State Department official said the negotiations would involve military and political delegates from each country.","published_date":"","news_description":"A State Department official said the negotiations would involve military and political delegates from each country.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37854,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37853\/revisions\/37854"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=37853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}