US seeks entrenching new Israel-Hezbollah balance of power

Israel is unwilling to go back to the status quo ante after its military offensive in Lebanon. Israel is unwilling to go back to the status quo ante after its military offensive in Lebanon. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told US envoys Brett McGurk and Amos Hochstein, who were in Israel on a new push to secure ceasefires in both Lebanon and Gaza,  that Israel’s acceptance of a ceasefire in Lebanon hinged on its ability to “counter threats” and return displaced people to the north (Read more at Arab Weekly).