“Israel’s government is concerned that the U.S. is effectively legitimizing Iran’s influence in Lebanon and eroding Israel’s freedom of operation there through new understandings reached in Switzerland and the memorandum of understanding signed with Iran last week,” Axios reports.
“Why it matters: Iran has managed to wrap the situation in Lebanon into its negotiations with the U.S. to support its proxy, Hezbollah. The Trump administration accepts that it must now contain Israel’s actions in Lebanon to advance its diplomacy with Iran.”
Bloomberg: Why the Israel-Hezbollah fight complicates resolving the Iran war.
