Report: Hochstein to visit Lebanon, not only Israel
U.S. mediator Amos Hochstein will soon visit Tel Aviv as well as Lebanon, al-Jadeed television quoted sources as saying.
“His agenda involves pressing (Israeli PM Benjamin) Netanyahu not to expand the war on Lebanon, because its cost will be hefty for both sides,” al-Jadeed said.
He will also call for calming the southern front and will tackle Lebanon’s presidential file, the TV network added.
“Hochstein might propose separating the Gaza-linked southern front from the presidential file,” al-Jadeed said.
Israel’s Channel 12 has reported Thursday that “Hochstein will carry a U.S. message to the political leadership in Israel, asking it not to go to an adventure in the north because it will be very costly.”
“Hochstein will exert an extra effort to reach a settlement in the north, but the problem is that such a settlement is also linked to a ceasefire in Gaza,” the channel said.
Source: Naharnet
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