On November 13, Joe Biden received Donald Trump at the White House to begin the presidential transition. Biden and Trump spoke alone during almost two hours, and a affair of state was key in that meeting that lasted beyond what was expected: the Middle East crisis with the wars in Gaza and Lebanon, in addition to the 101 hostages who are still kidnapped by Hamas.
Biden y Trump woke up that the situation in the Middle East was a priority for the geopolitical interests from the United States.
In this context, Biden sent Amos Hochstein -his negotiator for Lebanon- to Beirut and Jerusalem to present a truce proposal which should start as soon as possible. Trump also kept his promise: Elon Musk traveled to New York to hold a reserved meeting with the ambassador of Iran before the United Nations (UN).
Hochstein and Musk advanced in their task.
The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Lebanese colleague Najib Mikati They would have accepted the terms of the agreement presented by the Biden administration with the support of Trump. Hezbollah is the terrorist organization that attacks Israel, and its dependence on Iran It is absolute. If Musk hadn’t done his part, The budding truce would only be a mirage.
The ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon would consist of the following:
1. Within 60 daysIsrael withdraws troops from southern Lebanon, Hezbollah abandons that conflict zone and the Lebanese army occupies that territory to prevent possible attacks by the terrorist group supported by Iran
2. The United States guarantees the Israeli government that it will be able to advance -again- on the territory of Lebanon, if Hezbollah breaks the truce and attacks -again- Israel
3. A truce monitoring committee is created with the United States and France, among other countries with influence in the Middle East
The Lebanese government would have already accepted the terms of the truce, and tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. (Tel Aviv time) Netanyahu will meet with the Security Cabinet to make a final decision.
“There are no serious obstacles to achieving a 60-day truce,” held Elias Bou Saab, head of the Chamber of Deputies of Lebanon.
“The truce will be possible if it is guaranteed that Hezbollah does not arm itself again and does not attack Israel again,” pointed out Gideon Sa’ar, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel.
“The President (Biden) has been monitoring this very closely. I can’t go into details, but I can say that the discussions were constructive. And we believe that the trajectory of this is going in a very positive direction,” stated John Kirby, National Security communications advisor, during a conversation with Infobae and other international media.
Trump’s support is key pfor the truce that would be announced in the next few hours. If the ceasefire period is 60 days, Trump will already be in the Oval Office, and it is obvious that he would not accept an agreement in the Middle East that can complicate his first weeks in the White House.
A few days ago, they met Jake Sullivan -Biden’s National Security Advisor- and Mike Waltzhis successor in office. At that conclave, Sullivan revealed to Waltz How was the negotiation? that he undertook Hochstein through the Middle East.
And then Waltz reported to President-elect Trump about the progress in the sixty-day truce that is being finalized between Israel and Lebanon. There were no objections in Sea-a-Lake.
Now it’s Benjamin Netanyahu’s turn to move, which agrees with the main part of the ceasefire that prohibits Hezbollah from continuing its attacks against Israel.
