November 10, 2026
During a tour that included the three presidents in Baabda Palace, the head of the Free Patriotic Movement, MP Gebran Bassil, proposed a political initiative requiring the establishment of an “international guarantee and implementation force” in southern Lebanon, consisting of the five permanent members of the Security Council, with the aim of getting the country out of a state of waiting and a security and political vacuum.
The proposal, which Bassil placed in the custody of the Lebanese authority, stipulates the issuance of a new international resolution guaranteeing a complete Israeli withdrawal and a cessation of attacks within three months, in addition to securing the return of the displaced and prisoners and launching a reconstruction workshop, leading to the extension of state authority and the exclusivity of weapons in its hands within a period of one year.
Bassil explained that the formation of the force from the major powers aims to ensure balance in dealing with the conflict, and to withdraw the Israeli pretext related to protecting security, stressing that the initiative separates the Israeli withdrawal from the “Hezbollah” weapons issue, while obligating the Lebanese state to implement its sovereign obligations and extend its control over the entire territory, especially the areas from which Israel will withdraw.
The initiative includes the approval of a defense or national security strategy through an internal Lebanese path, provided that its approval is not a precondition for Israeli withdrawal, with a call for Lebanon’s neutrality in the conflicts of the axes to be included in an international resolution for the first time, and a refusal to exploit the Israeli presence to impose any normalization.
Bassil concluded by stressing that the proposal is now under the custody of the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister, in preparation for taking the appropriate position and requesting the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to submit it to the Security Council and conduct the necessary diplomatic consultations regarding it.
