Witkoff says he thinks a Lebanon-Israel 'peace treaty' is 'possible'

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U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff has said that “peace” between Lebanon and Israel is “possible.”

“I think Lebanon could normalize with Israel, literally normalize, meaning a peace treaty with the two countries. That’s really possible,” Witkoff said in an interview on The Tucker Carlson Show.

“Syria, too, the indications are that Jolani (Syrian interim president Ahmad al-Sharaa) is a different person than he once was. And people do change,” Witkoff added.

“Imagine if Lebanon normalizes, Syria normalizes, and the Saudis sign a normalization treaty with Israel because there’s a peace in Gaza. They must have that as a, without question, as a prerequisite. That’s a condition precedent to Saudi normalizing. But now you’d begin to have a GCC that all work together. I mean, that would be. It would be epic,” the U.S. official went on to say.

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Thumb chrisrushlau 5 days ago

Witkoff promised to brief Trump on the talks as soon as Trump is found. Witkoff said, "I know Trump is a real fan of racism, believes in it deeply."
Racism is normal?

Missing phillipo 4 days ago

Witkoff says he thinks a Lebanon-Israel 'peace treaty' is 'possible'
So do many people in Israel.

Missing cedars 4 days ago

We all want to live in peace...our goal should be the future of our kids and making Lebanon the star of the east again...we should make peace with all neighbors just like UAE

Thumb boulos1010 4 days ago

What is wrong with peace

Missing phillipo 4 days ago

It seems that this is not something that the present government of Lebanon wants.
Every since 1983 when an initial treaty was agreed upon, no Lebanese government has even tried to follow up on it.

Missing cedars 2 days ago

Learn from the Ukrainian war, the US sent BILLIONS to Ukraine and in the end what happened? it was a waste of money and now they are forcing everyone to go to PEACE.
What happened to the Israeli Billions sent to them by the US Biden administration ? nothing they made peace with Hamas to release all hostages.
Iran's money and arms to Hezb? nothing and only this gov was able to release the hostages thru peace

War has NOT achieved anything.