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Source: https://houseofsaud.com/lebanon-clause-iran-deal/
Netanyahu's One Demand That Could Sink the Iran Deal
(House of Saud) Mohammed Omar - A clause in the draft US-Iran memorandum of understanding requiring an end to the war in Lebanon has emerged as the operative obstacle to a deal that Saudi Arabia has publicly endorsed but cannot influence. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu raised his objection to the Lebanon provision directly with President Donald Trump on Saturday, May 24, according to Axios, calling the emerging framework "a very big problem" for Israel. The Lebanon clause - which states the deal "would end the war throughout the region, including in Lebanon," per the Axios report - places Saudi Arabia in a position it has not publicly acknowledged. Riyadh has praised the deal framework, has no diplomatic channel to either Netanyahu or Hezbollah's command structure, and has issued no statement recognizing that a Lebanon war-end provision exists in the text it supports. The draft MOU language, as reported by Axios on May 24, frames Lebanon not as a separate negotiating track but as an integrated component of the war-end declaration. The agreement "would end the war throughout the region, including in Lebanon." The clause is not conditioned on Hezbollah disarmament, does not reference UNSC Resolution 1701, and does not specify a monitoring mechanism.