Lebanon and Israel to hold first direct diplomatic talks in decades in Washington - AP News

Lebanon and Israel to hold first direct diplomatic talks in decades in Washington  AP News

Israel and Lebanon Set for US Talks to Defuse War With Hezbollah - Bloomberg.com

Israel and Lebanon Set for US Talks to Defuse War With Hezbollah  Bloomberg.com

Lebanon and Israel hold first direct talks in decades as fighting continues

Representatives of the two meeting in Washington to discuss conflict and its links to the Iran war

Israel and Lebanon set to meet for first direct talks in more than 30 years

An official briefed on Israel's strategy for the talks described Tuesday's meeting as "preparatory" and aimed at laying out a framework for future negotiations.

By Kat Lonsdorf

Lebanese, Israeli ambassadors begin direct talks in US

The Lebanese and Israeli ambassadors to the United States arrived for their countries’ first direct talks in decades.

Israel and Lebanon are set for historic talks. But almost no one believes they'll succeed

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Israel-Lebanon talks a rare historic moment amid hopes of conflict resolution

Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors held rare direct talks in Washington on Tuesday, a tentative step towards broader negotiations to end the conflict in Lebanon, which has complicated the Trump administration’s fragile ceasefire with Iran. Yechiel Leiter, Israel’s envoy to the United States, met his Lebanese counterpart, Nada Mahadeh, at the State Department on Tuesday morning in talks mediated by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Rubio sought to temper expectations of Tuesday’s negotiations,...

By Dewey Sim

What will it take? Israel-Lebanon talks open as fighting continues

Israeli and Lebanese envoys appearing together on camera in the same room, that may well be a first. It's happening under the auspices of the US Secretary of State in Washington. Now if you’re rooting for peace… there's good news and bad news. The good news is that the Lebanese government’s never been so vocal in calling on Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah to disarm… and the US president has a real stake in reining in Israel if he wants his attempts to strike a deal with Tehran to bear fr...

By François PICARD

Lebanon And Israel Hold Historic Direct Talks Amid Ongoing Conflict

Rubio said the Trump administration is "very happy" to be facilitating the discussions, while noting that "we understand we're working against decades of history and complexities" that will not be quickly resolved.

Talks expose deep rift between Lebanese govt, Hezbollah

The divisions over today's talks between Israel and Lebanon were visible on the streets of Beirut before the diplomats had even taken their seats in Washington.

Will Israel-Lebanon talks solve the Hezbollah disarmament dilemma? - analysis

The key issue for Tuesday's talks is that the Lebanese want to see an Israeli withdrawal from Lebanese territory and border demarcation.

Lebanese and Israeli envoys to meet as Israel presses war on Hezbollah

Lebanon and Israel sit down in Washington (without Hezbollah) for first direct talks since 1993

At least 2,124 people have been killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon.

Lebanese and Israeli envoys to meet as Israel presses war on Hezbollah

US Secretary of State is set to attend the meeting between Israeli ambassador to the US and his Lebanese counterpart

By Reuters

Rare Israel–Lebanon direct talks hosted by top US diplomat begin

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosted the Lebanese and Israeli ambassadors in Washington on Tuesday for the first direct peace talks between the two countries in decades. Rub...

Aoun hopes Israel talks 'beginning of the end' of Lebanon's suffering - Naharnet

Aoun hopes Israel talks 'beginning of the end' of Lebanon's suffering  Naharnet