Lebanon’s Stance on Israel Reveals the Limits of Middle East Diplomacy and America’s Strategic Challenges

Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun recently declared that his country has no intention of normalizing relations with Israel anytime soon, instead aiming only for a “state of no war” along their shared border. This admission is less a surprising diplomatic stance and more an urgent signal about the persistent chaos undermining Middle East stability—chaos that directly challenges American interests in regional security. The Trump administration took historic steps with the Abraham Accords, brokered in 2020, to bring peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors like the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Yet Lebanon stands apart, bound by decades of conflict, internal...