Overview

• Foreign Minister Gideon Saar announced Israel’s interest in adding Syria and Lebanon to the Abraham Accords circle of normalisation.
• Saar reiterated that the Golan Heights will remain sovereign Israeli territory under any future peace agreement.
• The Trump administration has launched preliminary discussions on a phased security framework between Israel and Syria, including potential lifting of sanctions on Damascus.
• Neither the Syrian interim government nor Lebanon has formally replied to Israel’s diplomatic overture.
• Hezbollah’s residual military and political influence in Lebanon continues to complicate prospects for a Lebanon–Israel normalisation deal.