Lebanon is going to negotiate with Israel; however, the Lebanese are going empty-handed. Negotiations cannot work when there is an imbalance of power. One party has all the leverage, while the other has none. Tรผrkiye can change this equation.
In previous negotiations, those for maritime demarcation, Lebanon had some leverage. There was the threat of Hezbollah attacking the Karish and Leviathan fields. Hezbollah's late leader Hassan Nasrallah had threatened Israel several times to attack its gas fields if Lebanese maritime rights were not settled. Therefore, it was in the interest of Israel to settle the issue with Lebanon and remove from the group any pretext to attack its gas fields.
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