Delegations from Beirut and Tel Aviv have taken part in an opening round of indirect negotiations on the demarcation of Lebanons southern maritime border with the occupying entity, and agreed to meet again in two weeks. Lebanons four-member delegation comprised two army officers, a Lebanese oil official and a maritime border law expert. Hezbollah and its ally Amal voiced rejection of the composition of the Lebanese delegation tasked to negotiate the southern border demarcation, calling for reforming it immediately.
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has urged Saudi Arabia to recognize Israel, in what would be a strategic boost for the apartheid regime amid normalization with two other Persian Gulf Arab kingdoms. Pompeo hoped that Saudi Arabia will consider normalizing its relationships with the Israeli occupation. While thanking the kingdom for the assistance theyve had in the success of the so-called Abraham Accords so far.