US envoy clarifies Golan Heights remarks amid Middle East talks
TL;DR
A U.S. envoy clarified comments on Israel’s Golan Heights and related Lebanon-Israel talks, saying he did not advocate a new negotiating table and that noting “two missing players” referred to Iran and Hezbollah; he stressed the U.S. does not negotiate with Hezbollah and defended his stance after bipartisan criticism that his remarks contradicted Trump’s recognition of Israeli sovereignty.
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