Senior Lebanese official slams US-brokered deal with Israel, warns of divisions

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Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri criticized a U.S.-brokered deal with Israel, warning it may cause divisions in Lebanon and will likely not be implemented. He supports Iran-U.S. talks as the sole realistic path to Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.

BEIRUT, June 29 (Reuters) - Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, a key ally of Hezbollah, on Monday slammed a U.S.-brokered agreement between Lebanon and Israel, warning it could lead to attempts to divide Lebanese and said it would not be implemented. In comments to Lebanon's al-Akhbar newspaper, Berri described Iran-U.S. negotiations as the only realistic opportunity to secure Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon and that any attempt to separate Lebanon from the U.S.-Iran track would prolong Israeli occupation.