ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS)
Israel-Lebanon deal brought the US back to the region
Oded Granot
October 13, 2022

No sooner had the announcement of the maritime deal with Lebanon than the politicians started squabbling over it, with both vile criticism and heavy praise exchanged over the ether. But the truth is that both sides are just divorced from reality. They are all true to one thing: There are elections coming up in two weeks’ time. Those who have called the deal historic because it could pave the way to normalizing relations are wrong; and those who say that it is a humiliating instrument of surrender to Hezbollah that would deny Israel billions of dollars in gas revenue that will now go to terrorism, are also very wrong. The truth of the matter – and Lebanon will concede as much – is that this is a worthy agreement that serves both sides. READ MORE

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