Why don’t we open embassies between Lebanon and Israel? Why does Lebanon remain trapped in the complexes of the past while the entire region shifts and reads interests—not illusions?
The questions are no longer forbidden except in the dictionary crafted by the Iranian militia, not in the conscience of the Lebanese who have paid the price of wars alone. Today, the Lebanese diaspora—the very force the ruling system has tried to stifle for decades—knows that the time has come to act. To break the imaginary wall between Lebanese and Israelis and to launch a serious, responsible, and honest dialogue that opens the door to friendship, cooperation, and shared development… a genuine peace that does not shy away from itself and does not wait for anyone’s permission.
Whether some like to admit it or not, reality shows that Israel played a pivotal role in preventing Lebanon from becoming an alternative homeland for Palestinians in 1982 and today stands against the Iranian expansion that has turned Lebanon into a platform of rockets and ruin. It is a factual reality visible to every Lebanese who lives outside the tunnel of propaganda.
Today, we live in a new stage:
Either we break the infernal cycle between the armed militia operating outside the law and the kidnapped state, or we remain hostages forever.
We call on Lebanon’s new negotiator, Ambassador Simon Karam, to be clear:
Either head toward talks that establish a peace treaty with no ambiguity,
or resign.
There is no room for political begging, nor for sitting at the table merely to buy time in favor of Hezbollah and Iran. Negotiations are not a theater play, nor a smoke screen. Either we advance, or we admit that we do not hold our own decision.
When Hezbollah decided to enter the “support war,” it did not ask the Lebanese. It imposed war, sat on top of the people’s heads, then demanded their silence. So why must the Lebanese consult it today before initiating a peace dialogue? It is twisted logic—the logic of a militia, not the logic of a state.
And because peace is a project that needs real international power to sustain it, the United States—long the primary supporter of Lebanon’s military and legitimate institutions—is the party capable of sponsoring any Lebanese-Israeli peace agreement.