Jared Malsin

What they get is calm. They have suffered a huge setback in this war with basically a generation of their leaders being killed in these airstrikes. It has brought this pressure from regular Lebanese people who, when you talk to a lot of them, will say, you know, why is this happening? You know, what does this have to do with Lebanon? Why are we getting involved in another country's problems?

What they get is calm. They have suffered a huge setback in this war with basically a generation of their leaders being killed in these airstrikes. It has brought this pressure from regular Lebanese people who, when you talk to a lot of them, will say, you know, why is this happening? You know, what does this have to do with Lebanon? Why are we getting involved in another country's problems?

What they get is calm. They have suffered a huge setback in this war with basically a generation of their leaders being killed in these airstrikes. It has brought this pressure from regular Lebanese people who, when you talk to a lot of them, will say, you know, why is this happening? You know, what does this have to do with Lebanon? Why are we getting involved in another country's problems?

And there's a sense that they needed to regroup. And there's both the military pressure and pressure from Lebanese people.

And there's a sense that they needed to regroup. And there's both the military pressure and pressure from Lebanese people.

And there's a sense that they needed to regroup. And there's both the military pressure and pressure from Lebanese people.

That is a really important question. So for the Israelis, one thing that they've insisted on throughout the negotiations is this so-called freedom of action where they want to be able to strike Hezbollah in response to perceived threats from them in order to maintain their security.

That is a really important question. So for the Israelis, one thing that they've insisted on throughout the negotiations is this so-called freedom of action where they want to be able to strike Hezbollah in response to perceived threats from them in order to maintain their security.

That is a really important question. So for the Israelis, one thing that they've insisted on throughout the negotiations is this so-called freedom of action where they want to be able to strike Hezbollah in response to perceived threats from them in order to maintain their security.

A lot of the negotiations that unfolded over the last couple of months were around this point, and they apparently got some kind of guarantees from the US that are separate from the actual bilateral deal itself. They would have that ability. The text of the agreement itself, as you said, just says that both sides have a right to self-defense.

A lot of the negotiations that unfolded over the last couple of months were around this point, and they apparently got some kind of guarantees from the US that are separate from the actual bilateral deal itself. They would have that ability. The text of the agreement itself, as you said, just says that both sides have a right to self-defense.

A lot of the negotiations that unfolded over the last couple of months were around this point, and they apparently got some kind of guarantees from the US that are separate from the actual bilateral deal itself. They would have that ability. The text of the agreement itself, as you said, just says that both sides have a right to self-defense.

And it talks about, you know, these are two sovereign countries that both have that right.

And it talks about, you know, these are two sovereign countries that both have that right.

And it talks about, you know, these are two sovereign countries that both have that right.

It will be enforced by, there's supposed to be an international monitoring committee that includes the U.S. and France, and they join these other parties that are already on the ground, like U.N. Peacekeepers, which are a part of UNIFIL, which is the U.N. peacekeeping organization that already has thousands of peacekeepers here.

It will be enforced by, there's supposed to be an international monitoring committee that includes the U.S. and France, and they join these other parties that are already on the ground, like U.N. Peacekeepers, which are a part of UNIFIL, which is the U.N. peacekeeping organization that already has thousands of peacekeepers here.

It will be enforced by, there's supposed to be an international monitoring committee that includes the U.S. and France, and they join these other parties that are already on the ground, like U.N. Peacekeepers, which are a part of UNIFIL, which is the U.N. peacekeeping organization that already has thousands of peacekeepers here.

Well, it's a huge exhale here. You have to imagine this has been two months of constant airstrikes, of people having to leave their homes and staying with relatives, sleeping in their cars, camping in the street, staying in schools. this huge displacement crisis. And now those people are going back.

Well, it's a huge exhale here. You have to imagine this has been two months of constant airstrikes, of people having to leave their homes and staying with relatives, sleeping in their cars, camping in the street, staying in schools. this huge displacement crisis. And now those people are going back.