Hezbollah MP: Lebanon’s direct negotiations with Israel a ‘grave error’

By AFP 16 April 2026, 5:14 pm

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Lebanese Hezbollah MP Hussein Hajj Hassan speaks during an interview with AFP in his office at the Lebanese Parliament building in downtown Beirut on April 16, 2026 (Anwar AMRO / AFP)

Hezbollah lawmaker Hussein Hajj Hassan tells AFP that the Lebanese government’s decision to hold direct negotiations with Israel is a “grave error,” urging Beirut to stop making concessions to Israel and the United States.

“Direct negotiations with the enemy are a grave sin and a grave error… and serve no interest for the country,” Hajj Hassan says from his parliamentary office, urging authorities to halt “this series of useless concessions.”