Washington has no intention of compelling West Jerusalem to pursue peace with Beirut, a Lebanese professor has told RT

Direct US-mediated Israeli-Lebanese talks are unlikely to bring peace unless Washington pressures Israel to end its airstrikes and ground offensive, Naim Joseph Salem, a professor of international affairs and diplomacy at the Lebanese Army Military Academy, has told RT.

Israel and Lebanon held rare negotiations in Washington on Tuesday, which the armed group Hezbollah boycotted as “futile.”

While both sides described the talks as “constructive,” Salem argued that the format would likely lead to drawn-out negotiations “with no…

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