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Diplomatic sources in Washington revealed to our platform that the head of the Lebanese military delegation, Brigadier General George Rizkallah, exercised a strict “technical veto” during the post-midnight minutes-drafting session. He categorically refused to include the term “field status quo” in the initial US draft, threatening a full withdrawal of the Lebanese delegation if Washington attempted to legitimize the Israeli incursion beyond the Litani River within any sub-clause. This decisive stance forced the American sponsor to amend the phrasing immediately.<\/p>\n

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Exclusive JNews Lebanon   Diplomatic sources in Washington revealed to our platform that the head of the Lebanese military delegation, Brigadier General George Rizkallah, exercised a strict “technical veto” during the post-midnight minutes-drafting session. He categorically refused to include the term “field status quo” in the initial US draft, threatening a full withdrawal of the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36644,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow0Jy2DA:productID":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9412],"tags":[9786,9781,9663,9783,9784,9782,9785],"class_list":["post-68776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest-news","tag-beirut-secret-files","tag-general-george-rizkallah","tag-jnews-exclusive","tag-lebanese-military-delegation","tag-litani-river-incursion","tag-pentagon-secret-talks","tag-us-draft-proposal"],"yoast_head":"\nBehind the scenes- Brigadier General Rizkallah\u2019s "Technical Veto" at the Pentagon - JNews Lebanon<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Exclusive JNews Lebanon uncovering the hidden details of Brigadier General Rizkallah's technical veto at the Pentagon\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jnewslebanon.com\/?p=68776\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ar_AR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Behind the scenes- Brigadier General Rizkallah\u2019s "Technical Veto" at the Pentagon - 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