Ripple Effect of Trump's Historic Middle East Peace Deal with UAE: Lebanese President Open to Peace With Israel

Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz : Aug 18, 2020
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"That depends. We have problems with Israel and we have to resolve them first." -Lebanon President Michel Aoun

[Breaking Israel News] A recent statement by Lebanon's president suggested that he would be receptive to an agreement with Israel similar to the one signed with the United Arab Emirates. The announcement has huge political and security implications, suggesting that Hezbollah may be on its way out, but, more importantly, a pact of brotherhood with Lebanon would be an element in the construction of the Third Temple as it was in the days of King Solomon. (Image: President Michel Aoun of Lebanon /via Financial Express)

In an interview with French-language BFM TV on Saturday night, Lebanon's President Michel Aoun was asked if he would consider making a peace agreement with Israel as the United Arab Emirates had just done.

"That depends, Aoun responded. "We have problems with Israel and we have to resolve them first."

Though the response was non-committal, this represented a major shift in his position on Israel.

In 2006, as head of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), he signed a... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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