Lebanon Israel framework deal raises war crimes accountability concerns

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Lebanon and Israel signed a U.S.-brokered framework agreement in Washington after months of direct negotiations; experts and Lebanese officials warn a clause in that deal could effectively block investigations and shield Israel from accountability for alleged war crimes. Hezbollah was not a party to the talks, and the agreement does not require Israel to withdraw from large areas of southern Lebanon it currently occupies. Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said the deal will not pass and will not be implemented, and protesters in Beirut have demonstrated against the memorandum. Analysts told Reuters the pact is unlikely to deliver lasting peace, may allow Israel to postpone any withdrawal indefinitely, and could deepen internal Lebanese political strife over the deal’s legitimacy. Separate reporting notes Israel continued strikes after the signing, underscoring how the framework has not halted hostilities on the ground.

flyingrodent

@flyingrodent.bsky.social

British liberalism update: Freedland has fash crackpot Naftali Bennett on for a very chummy chat about how Israel’s insanely destructive wars could be more effectively prosecuted and what a standup guy Donald Trump is, and if he’s got any pushback, I am missing it so far.

Naftali Bennett
Unholy: Two Jews on the News >
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43m
Israel just learned that the US and Iran have agreed to a deconfliction cell with Lebanon - and Israel wasn't in the room. As the dust settles on a war whose outcome is, at best, ambiguous, Yonit and Jonathan sit down with former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, who wants his old job back.
Bennett doesn't hold back: on why he believes this government dragged out a war Israel was never built to fight, on the "infinite power of propaganda" keeping Netanyahu afloat three years after October 7th, and on whether he can trust Trump - or JD Vance - to look out for Israel's interests when Israel isn't at the table.
He also lays out, in detail, what he'd do differently on the Haredi draft, the judiciary, the Palestinians, and Ben Gir and Smotrich - and admits the polls aren't moving the way he hoped.
00:00 Introduction: Naftali Bennett joins Unholy
00:09 The Iran deal and the deconfliction cell with Lebanon

5046d ago

flyingrodent44

Nothing says Sensible Moderate Centrist quite like getting on the guy talking about annexing the entire West Bank for a matey chinwag, am I right

lacerantplainer.bsky.social

@lacerantplainer.bsky.social

Ukraine isn't fighting "just another war." It is fighting against an invasion that has produced extensive evidence of alleged war crimes documented by the UN, the ICC, and human rights investigators. #Ukraine #StandwithUkraine #SlavaUkraini

2745d ago

Jules or Τζουλς 🕊️🍉

@katsikajules.bsky.social

Lebanon-Israel deal could effectively shield Israel from accountability for war crimes. This right belongs to the Lebanese people & the victims, no signing should have the power to abolish this. www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-...

1145d ago

JCMartinofBA

@jcmartinofba.bsky.social

Left- Ohio attorney general, Ken Paxton, with his girlfriend while his wife sits home. Right- For the first time in 43 years Israel and Lebanon have a "peace deal". Israel then immediately bombs Lebanon.

645d ago

Charles Keener

@charleskeener.bsky.social

just a day after Israeli and Lebanese diplomats in Washington, D.C., signed a U.S.-brokered framework agreement on a peace deal. Hezbollah was not a party to the talks, and the deal does not require Israel to withdraw from the vast stretches of southern Lebanon it now occupies.

945d ago

bug1

@bug1.bsky.social

75 years ago Meanwhile... Russian war crimes, and crimes against humanity, Israeli genocide against Palestinians. So much bad stuff going on right now, but sure, 75 years ago....

1045d ago

mikkeljylland.bsky.social2

The problem is not what happened 75 years ago. The problem is that Ukraine keeps glorifying these people.

Sandy Hendry1

The patterns of 75 years ago are being repeated. The far right is being mobilized by populists -- Trump, Netanyahu, Putin - to trample over the global order and commit war crimes. The answer isn't to idolize "my historical far-right murderous scumbag." It is to condemn all of them.

Columbus Free Press

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Headlines Jun 29, 2026 Nearly 50,000 Remain Missing in Venezuela as Earthquake Rescue Efforts Pivot to Recovery Iran Denies U.S. Claims of Upcoming Talks Following Weekend Clashes Israel Renews Attacks on Southern Lebanon After Signing U.S.-Brokered Deal Children Among the Dead as Israel Cont...

345d ago

Son of the Wolf

@sonofthewolf.bsky.social

If you want to know how low the Israeli government can go then add kidnapping children to their list of war crimes. #EU is complicit through their inaction. #speirghorm

545d ago

The Palestine Project

@palestineproject.bsky.social

A framework agreement signed between Lebanon and Israel has drawn warnings that a clause in the deal could effectively shield Israel from accountability for war crimes.

345d ago

Massimo

@massimovl.bsky.social

3. “A ceasefire with Israel means: You cease, they fire.” She says the Trump administration’s Lebanon deal won’t protect the Lebanese people. It will deepen Israeli occupation and turn Lebanon into “another subcontractor for the Israeli occupation.” Hope Lebanon’s elites hear this!

244d ago

Aron Lund

@aronlund.bsky.social

Samia Nakhoul talks to analysts about the Lebanon-Israel deal: it is unlikely to work, but impactful precisely for that reason, since Israel may then postpone a withdrawal indefinitely while Lebanon faces internal strife over the deal’s legitimacy. @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/middle...

245d ago

FinTwitter

@fintwitter.bsky.social

ISRAEL'S DEFENCE MINISTER KATZ: TRUMP LINKED IRAN AND LEBANON TO REACH A DEAL WITH TEHRAN, PREVENTING ISRAEL FROM DELIVERING A MASSIVE BLOW TO HEZBOLLAH ACROSS LEBANON; INFORMED U.S. CENTCOM COMMANDER ISRAEL WILL NOT WITHDRAW FROM SECURITY ZONES IN GAZA, SYRIA OR LEBANON

45d ago

Bart Stratton

@bartfree.bsky.social

Good. The path for Israel is clear: defensive aid only from U.S. & its allies. 1. Accountability for war crimes & genocidal acts in Gaza 2. Humanitarian aid to Gaza now 3 UN peacekeepers in West bank & removal of illegal settlements. 4. End apartheid in Palestine 5 Implement 2 state solution now

445d ago

Mike Walker

@newnarrative.bsky.social

A long-term U.S.-Iran peace deal may depend on a separate agreement between Israel and Lebanon. Analysts say that presents a problem. www.cbsnews.com/live-updates...

145d ago

Nissim

@nissimss.bsky.social

Israel and Hezbollah are at war. The Israeli operation in Lebanon is ongoing. Beirut took strikes this month. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun is begging Washington to help implement a ceasefire that does not exist That’s the “broader strategy.” There is not a peace deal. It’s a 60 day memorandum

145d ago

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factline.ioLebanon-Israel Deal Raises War Crimes Accountability Concerns jewishvoiceforliberation.org.ukThe West's complicity in Israel's war crimes - Jewish Voice for Liberation

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