In an interview with an Israeli media, US envoy Amos Hochstein has dismissed the idea that Israel could have achieved a better deal than the current ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah in Lebanon.
“Yes, there are fantasy deals that are utopia, where you get a ceasefire agreement with a security zone etc. But those won’t ever happen,” Hochstein said in the televised interview.
“There will never be an agreement that also has Israel as an occupying force in another country, that country will not sign that deal,” he said.
He added that if Israel insisted on a demilitarised zone inside Lebanon “then you are there as an occupier”.
Such a zone could be between two kilometres to five kilometres, he said, but added: “As every Israeli today knows, it’s no longer just about five or 10 kilometre ranges. It’s about much further”.
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