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BumRushDaShow

(170,422 posts) Tue Apr 14, 2026, 07:46 AM 14 hrs ago

Rubio to host Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors for talks amid ceasefire effort

Source: msn/Axios

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio will host on Tuesday a meeting between the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors in Washington, D.C., to launch direct negotiations between the countries.

Why it matters: The talks, which will take place amid fighting between Israel and Hezbollah and a wide-ranging Israeli ground invasion in southern Lebanon, are going to focus on the possibility of a ceasefire and on longer term disarming of Hezbollah, along with a peace deal between the countries, sources say.

This is going to be the most high-level direct meeting between Israel and Lebanon since 1993.
In addition to Rubio, U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa, State Department Counselor Michael Needham, Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter and Lebanese Ambassador Nada Hamadeh will attend the meeting.

Driving the news: Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been rejecting proposals by the Lebanese government to hold direct talks.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/rubio-to-host-israeli-and-lebanese-ambassadors-for-talks-amid-ceasefire-effort/ar-AA20OfV2

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Rubio to host Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors for talks amid ceasefire effort (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 14 hrs ago OP

I can imagine the dialogue DFW 13 hrs ago #1

BiBi will do want he wants.................. Lovie777 13 hrs ago #2

I guess that's good. maxsolomon 9 hrs ago #3

DFW

(60,309 posts)

1. I can imagine the dialogue

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 08:32 AM

13 hrs ago

Rubio:
Alright, gentlemen, let's get started.

Ambassadors of Israel and Lebanon:
Marco, do you have the slightest idea what you're talking about here?

Rubio:
Well, sure. Somewhat, anyway. OK, not really.

Ambassadors of Israel and Lebanon:
That's what we thought. Let's eat and go home.

Lovie777

(23,161 posts)

2. BiBi will do want he wants..................

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 08:36 AM

13 hrs ago

like Putin.

maxsolomon

(38,877 posts)

3. I guess that's good.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 12:17 PM

9 hrs ago

Nice to see the SoS getting involved in diplomacy in lieu of real estate developers.

What is the point, however? Israel has announced their intention to occupy 10% of Lebanon and cleanse it of Shiites, and Lebanon can't do a thing about it because they ceded all power to Hezbollah decades ago.

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