After four decades, Lebanon and Israel finally talk – podcast
With the US and Iran in deadlock, could historic talks between Lebanon and Israel help steer the Middle East towards peace? William Christou reports
Lebanon and Israel have not talked directly in decades.
But the Iran war has upended the way we understand politics in the Middle East.
On Tuesday they are due to begin talks to try to find a solution that could lead to peace between the two countries.
The talks come less than a week after deadly attacks by Israel in Lebanon that killed 357 people.
The bombings also put a strain on the ceasefire that had just been announced between the US and Iran.
Yet the negotiations in Washington will not include Hezbollah, which Israel wants to remove from Lebanon.
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