Naim Berjawi<\/p>\n
27 June 2026\u2022Update: 27 June 2026<\/p>\n
Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem on Saturday rejected the framework agreement signed between Lebanon and Israel under US sponsorship, and called for Israel\u2019s withdrawal from Lebanese territory in line with the Iranian-US memorandum of understanding.<\/p>\n
In a statement, Qassem made his first comments on the framework agreement signed in Washington at the conclusion of the fifth round of negotiations between Beirut and Tel Aviv on Friday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis agreement is null and void, and the provisions of the Iranian-American memorandum of understanding must be implemented,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Qassem also warned against linking an Israeli withdrawal to the disarmament of the resistance across all of Lebanon, calling it \u201ca very dangerous proposal that crosses all red lines.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said such a move would turn Lebanon \u201cinto a plaything in the hands of the Israeli enemy.\u201d<\/p>\n
His remarks came amid growing debate in Lebanon over the agreement. While some media outlets and lawmakers have described it as \u201chistoric\u201d and a potential lifeline for the country, others have condemned it as a unilateral concession to Israel.<\/p>\n
Beirut and Tel Aviv signed a US-brokered framework deal in Washington on Friday, concluding the fifth round of negotiations aimed at resolving outstanding disputes between the two sides.<\/p>\n
The agreement came after Israeli attacks killed over 4,000 and wounded more than 4,000 others in Lebanon since March 2, according to Lebanese authorities.<\/p>\n
*Writing by Rania Abushamala in Istanbul<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Naim Berjawi 27 June 2026\u2022Update: 27 June 2026 Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem on Saturday rejected the framework agreement…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":513899,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43,180804],"class_list":["post-513898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news","tag-sitekeywords"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}