(14 Aug 2024)
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Beirut, Lebanon – 14 August 2024
1. U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein arriving
2. Hochstein walking up to podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Amos Hochstein, senior adviser to U.S. President Joe Biden:
"Speaker (Nabih) Berri and I also talked about the framework agreement that’s on the table for a Gaza cease-fire, and he and I agreed there is no more time to waste and there’s no more valid excuses from any party for any further delay. The deal would also help enable a diplomatic resolution here in Lebanon and that would prevent an outbreak of a wider war and create the conditions for the displaced Lebanese people to return to their homes in the south and the displaced Israeli residents who’ll return to their homes in their north."
4. Various of Hochstein with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Amos Hochstein, senior adviser to U.S. President Joe Biden:
"Both should be able to do that with safety and security. We have to take advantage of this window for diplomatic action and diplomatic solutions. That time is now."
6. Various of Hochstein with Berri
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Amos Hochstein, senior adviser to U.S. President Joe Biden:
"We continue to believe that a diplomatic resolution is achievable because we continue to believe that no one truly wants a full-scale war between Lebanon and Israel, especially not the Lebanese people and the Israeli people."
8. Hochstein walking with officials
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Amos Hochstein, senior adviser to U.S. President Joe Biden:
"Speaker Berri and I had a good conversation about the situation in Lebanon and the need to (de)escalate tensions across the Blue Line and across the region. President Biden has been working tirelessly to do exactly that including through an immediate cease-fire and hostage release deal – and he’s asked me to come back to Lebanon ahead of the renewed talks this week."
10. Various of Hochstein with Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Amos Hochstein, senior adviser to U.S. President Joe Biden:
"This region has now suffered enough and the more time goes by of escalated tensions, the more time goes by of daily conflict, the more the odds and the chances go up for accidents, for mistakes, for inadvertent targets to be hit that could easily cause escalation that gets out of control."
12. Various of Hochstein and Mikati
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Amos Hochstein, senior adviser to U.S. President Joe Biden:
"The time is now to get us into a better direction. And for the Lebanese people, my message is clear, what President Biden has said publicly over the last several days and the message that he has sent in his joint statement together with the leaders of Qatar and Egypt, to return to talks with urgency on a cease-fire in Gaza that releases the hostages and sets the conditions to end this war. And here in Lebanon, we believe we can get to end of the conflict now. Today."
14. Hochstein walking away
STORYLINE:
A senior adviser to U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday said it was critical to take advantage of "this window for diplomatic action" to end the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip and ongoing hostilities in Lebanon.
Amos Hochstein, who has been tasked with monthslong shuttle diplomacy between Lebanon and Israel, spoke at a news conference after meeting Lebanese Speaker Nabih Berri, as the Mideast anxiously anticipates retaliatory attacks on Israel from Iran and the powerful Lebanese Hezbollah group.
Iran and Hezbollah say they are committed to their retaliatory attack.
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