Lebanon talks: Farce disguised as something more sinister

On the surface, the launch of Israeli-Lebanese negotiations earlier this week seems like a big deal. In the first face-to-face talks between Lebanese and Israeli officials in more than 30 years, ambassadors from all three countries met under the auspices of Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington. But despite Trump hailing the talks as a “historic opportunity” for peace, the process is largely a farce. The relatively low-level ambassadorial meeting included no Israeli or Lebanese decision m...