Wehbe Says Lebanon Not Recognizing Israel, Vows 'Fierce' Negotiations
Caretaker Foreign Minister Charbel Wehbe announced Tuesday that by holding maritime border demarcation talks with Israel, Lebanon will not be “recognizing” Israel as a state nor “normalizing” ties with it.
“We are not making an agreement to recognize the state of Israel… We are negotiating to agree on the demarcation of the maritime border. We will not normalize ties nor agree to peace treaties,” Wehbe told reporters at the Foreign Ministry.
Commenting on Israeli remarks suggesting that the negotiations with Lebanon will be easy because it is going through a financial crisis, Wehbe said: “We are going to the negotiations with firmness that exceeds the enemy’s imagination.”
“They consider that we are a state whose economy is destroyed and in ruins… but I say that the Lebanese negotiators will be much fiercer than they imagine, because we have nothing to lose,” the minister added.
He also noted that Lebanese authorities have been keen on maintaining silence regarding the negotiations.
“Silence is not weakness, nor lack of awareness, nor diplomatic ignorance, but rather a stance and a plan that confuse the enemy,” Wehbe pointed out.
He added that “negotiations with an enemy state require cleverness, patience, firmness and farsightedness,” calling on the Lebanese delegation to “cling to these characteristics.”
13 October 2020, 21:59
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To understand politics anywhere is simple, everything they say is true but in reverse! If you cant convince them, confuse them!
13 October 2020, 22:09
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aretaker Foreign Minister Charbel Wehbe announced Tuesday that by holding maritime border demarcation talks with Israel, Lebanon will not be “recognizing” Israel as a state nor “normalizing” ties with it.
OK , but this is the first step...we understand
14 October 2020, 02:39
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Peace is the only Lebanon can move forward. The people can no longer afford to live in oblivion. This person is suppose to be a man of peace not war.
14 October 2020, 06:29
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But you do agree with shaking hands with the Turks who murdered thousands of Kurds and Armenians, not to mention the Syrians who have recently murdered hundreds of thousands of their own. You agree to shake hands with the Russians who murdered millions of their own citizens (such as Crimean Tatars) during WWII.
Could this stand of your be simply that you hate the Jews and look for different ways to make it look different.
14 October 2020, 08:20
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Phillipo, doesn't deny your claim he says: " But you do agree with shaking hands with the Turks "...meaning he agrees with your statement. To make it clear you are talking about Israel government and not about the jews in general, there are significant part of the jews who do not agree with Israel politics.
14 October 2020, 08:59
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“We are not making an agreement to recognize the state of Israel… We are negotiating to agree on the demarcation of the maritime border. We will not normalize ties nor agree to peace treaties,” Wehbe told reporters at the Foreign Ministry.
What do you expect from a former adviser to aoun who is subservient to kizb?
15 October 2020, 08:39
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Do I have toi remind you that on 29th November 1947, it was the Arab States which voted against the establishment of an INDEPENDENT Arab State by the side of Israel.
If they would have accepted that then, there would have been no "Palestinian" refugees, none in Lebanon, none in Syria, none in Jordan, none in Egypt. There would have been no Hamas led Gaza Strip as it would have been part of the independent state.
So, don't go blaming others for the Palestinian problem, blame your own leaders.
