Shameful Israel-Lebanon 'agreement' evokes the Oslo disaster

Shameful Israel-Lebanon 'agreement' evokes the Oslo disaster Submitted by Ussama Makdisi on Mon, 06/29/2026 - 15:22 The capitulation document signed in Washington gives Tel Aviv a green light to continue its occupation of Lebanese territory US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (centre of back row) looks on as Israeli, American and Lebanese officials sign a framework agreement in Washington, D. C. , 26 June 2026 (Saul Loeb/AFP) Off There was a 19th-century Orientalist traveller and diplomat by the name of David Urquhart, who said about (Mount) Lebanon that there “never was a country for which God has done so much, nor a people who could do less for themselves”.