November 12, 2024 18:28 GMT
SECURITY: Biden Administration Still Confident Of Ceasefire Agreement In Lebanon
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US President Joe Biden's Middle East envoy, Amos Hochstein, told reporters that the US continues to believe that a ceasefire agreement in Lebanon is possible, stating, "I am full of hope that we will succeed... there is a shot". However, the political influence of the Biden Administration is increasingly constrained as Israel opens up new lines of communication with US President-elect Donald Trump - including a meeting between Trump and Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer at Mar-a-Lago on Sunday.
- Barak Ravid at Axios reports: "Dermer met today at the White House with National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and President Biden's advisors [Hochstein] and Brett McGurk and discussed with them the cease-fire agreement in Lebanon. Hochstein said that Dermer presented Israel's position and now the US needs to get a response from Lebanon... Hochstein emphasized that there will be no involvement of Russia in the cease-fire agreement..."
- Biden met with Israeli President Issac Herzog at the White House a short time ago. Biden said in brief remarks at the top: "You know that our commitment to Israel is ironclad, and we share a deep a friendship."
- Herzog said, referencing a recent rocket attack that killed two Israeli civilians: "This is what we're going through from Lebanon... We're fighting hard, we're protecting our people and I know that you're working very hard to make sure that this war will end and that will there will be, first and foremost security for the people, of Israel, as well as for the people in Lebanon."
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