![]() ![]() His comments came after Lebanon received the updated draft of the US-brokered maritime agreement with Israel, which Beirut’s top negotiator said satisfied its previous concerns and could imminently lead to a “historic deal.” We protected Israel’s security interests and are on our way to a historic agreement,” Eyal Hulata, the national security adviser and the lead negotiator at the talks, said in a statement. “All our demands were met, the changes that we asked for were corrected. The successful completion of the deal comes in the wake of intense efforts by US mediator Amos Hochstein in recent days to bridge the gaps between the two sides. Washington Institute executive director Robert Satloff cheered the news, tweeting that “it may not bring peace but it brings the next best thing - affirmation that, in these hyper-politicized times, compromise in the service of national interest remains possible.”įile: Hezbollah fighters raise their hands as their leader Hassan Nasrallah speaks via a video link during a rally to mark Jerusalem Day or Al-Quds day, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, April 29, 2022. Some experts did welcome the announced deal though. If it does though, Shaked says she’d like to be part of a right-wing government along with several of the parties currently sitting in the opposition. Shaked is running in the upcoming election with the Jewish Home party, which is not expected to cross the electoral threshold. ![]() She added that this is even truer for a caretaker government. “Every significant deal in recent history has been brought before the Knesset for approval, out of an understanding that significant issues need to be brought” to parliament. Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked said in a statement that she will vote against the maritime deal with Lebanon if the government does not bring it to the Knesset for approval. Pledging to turn to the Supreme Court to stop the deal, far-right Religious Zionism MK Itamar Ben Gvir tweeted that “Lapid doesn’t have anything to sell, so he is selling the country in order to show an ‘accomplishment’ for the elections.”īut push-back came from within the government as well, with one of its most right-wing members falling in line with some of the criticism voiced by opposition lawmakers. Likud MK Nir Barkat speaks at a conference in Jerusalem, on August 2, 2021. ![]()
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