Lebanon’s Faustian bargain: The mirage of the trilateral framework

Can Lebanon extract a genuine, equitable peace from the 26th June Trilateral Framework Agreement (TFA)? The simple answer is yes, but that “yes” comes at a devastating cost. Marketed by Washington as a breakthrough, the framework is fraught with severe imbalances. As Lebanese political figures and civil society groups have already pointed out, the agreement demands sweeping internal concessions under the shadow of occupation, threatening to ignite internal conflict rather than resolve a regional war. What are Beirut’s realistic chances of normalising ties with Israel while still under occupation? Does Lebanon hold any actual leverage to extract meaningful concessions from an occupying power while it declares war on Hezbollah? The reality is that by signing this text, Beirut is being […]