US Envoy Urges Direct Lebanon-Israel Negotiations

Lebanese authorities have held indirect talks with Israel, but US envoy Tom Barrack said the key to easing tensions could be direct negotiations. “The conversation needs to be with Israel. It just needs to be with Israel. Israel is ready,” Barrack told reporters on the sidelines of the IISS Manama Dialogue in Bahrain. “March to that door, to Israel, and have a conversation, it can’t hurt,” he added (Read more at Defense Post).