Saudi Arabia's Israel Peace Push Faces Lebanon Divide

0:00On April 30th, a rift between Lebanon's top leaders is messing up Saudi Arabia's push to get them on the same page for talks with Israel. President Joseph Al-Mbek's direct negotiations in Washington to turn the recent ceasefire into lasting peace while parliament speaker Nabi Barry, AI. Hezbollah ally wants only a non-aggression pact, no full normalization. Saudi Arabia stepped up after the shaky April 16th truth between Israel and Hezbollah failed to stop all fighting in the nearly two-month war. That started March 2nd. Riyadh, which helped in Lebanon's civil war back in 1990, sees a chance now that Hezbollah got hit hard. Lebanese folks are split too. Some see peace talks as the way to end decades of Israeli invasions, but Hezbollah supporters who've lost the most with. Over 2,500 killed and 1.2 million displaced protest against any direct chats or normalization. Last week, Saudi envoy Prince Yazid bin Farhan flew to Beirut to urge Ion,

1:03Barry, and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam for a joint stance and a unity. Meeting. He got promises, Hezbollah won't topple the government, but warned Lebanon not to rush ahead of Saudi pace on Israel ties. Saudi wants they taunt to stabilize things, but only if it lines up with their Abraham Accord stance, needing a Palestinian state road map first keeping. The door opened amid ongoing strikes like Tuesdays that killed three rescuers in the South. That wraps global news today. Brought to you with AI.