Once again, Lebanon returns to occupy a prominent position on the international scene, whether through the Security Council or through repeated visits by French officials to Beirut. This comes in light of the expansion of the scope of the Israeli war, while the features of any clear French initiative have not yet become clear. The renewed French action is currently limited to providing strong support to the Lebanese state, which faces an unprecedented test in preserving its sovereignty and territory in the face of Israeli incursions.
According to informed diplomatic sources, what the French administration is currently working on is alerting to the grave danger threatening Lebanon’s geography as a result of the ongoing war, which has turned it into an arena for external conflicts and wars on its territory.
Diplomatic sources explain that French activity has not yet risen to the level of the initiative, and is still within the framework of broad consultation, at the Lebanese, international, and even Arab levels. It indicates a realistic French awareness that there are no great chances for success in a ceasefire, especially after the development of Israeli military operations, the expansion of the scope of strikes, and the increase in the rate of displacement and displacement of villages in the south at an accelerating pace that threatens to bring about gradual changes on the ground.
Hence, the sources reveal a French priority and an insistence by the Vatican that any initiative or settlement include a basic clause of preserving the current Lebanese lands and borders, as well as the formula for coexistence between the Lebanese, especially since the survival of the Lebanese arena in the midst of the regional conflict threatens the Lebanese formula and geography alike.
