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U.S.: Permanent End to Lebanon Conflict Requires Neutralizing Hizbullah's Power
(Ha'aretz) Liza Rozovsky - An official source at the U.S. State Department discussed the relationship between the trilateral framework agreement between Israel, Lebanon and the U.S., and the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding. "The trilateral framework directly addresses what was promised in the first clause of the memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran - genuine sovereignty and territorial integrity for Lebanon, and a permanent end to the conflict. This can only be realized once Hizbullah ceases to function as a state within a state." "The framework agreement is a roadmap for achieving the sovereignty and ending the conflict in Lebanon....Arming Hizbullah and supporting a state within a state does the opposite. Iran cannot wage wars through its proxy organizations and complain when those proxies are required to disarm." "Lebanon will regain its sovereignty, Hizbullah's terrorist infrastructure will be dismantled, and Israel will be able to return to its secure borders once the threat has been removed."