Nabih Berri Criticizes U.S.-Brokered Agreement Between Lebanon and Israel

ARK News.. Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has criticized the agreement brokered by the United States between Lebanon and Israel, warning that it could fuel internal divisions and draw the Lebanese into confrontations with one another.

According to the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar, Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said today, Monday, June 29, 2026: "This agreement will not pass, and it will not be implemented... On its own, it will not be implemented."

According to the source, Berri considered the ongoing negotiations between the United States and Iran to be "the only realistic opportunity" to compel Israel to withdraw from Lebanese territory. He stressed that any attempt to separate the Lebanese file from the U.S.-Iranian negotiating track would only prolong the Israeli occupation of Lebanon, according to his remarks.

Last Saturday, Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Na’im Qassim criticized the U.S.-sponsored "framework" agreement between Lebanon and Israel, asserting that the agreement undermines Lebanon's sources of strength following the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding.

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