Can Israel and Lebanon Actually Make Peace? Dan Feferman on What This Moment Really Means

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War is easy to start. Peace is much harder to build. And in the Middle East, the difference between a breakthrough and a mirage often comes down to political will.

Dan Feferman, co-founder of Middle East 24, former executive director of Sharaka, and IDF reserves major, joins Eylon Levy to unpack one of the most unexpected openings in the region in years: the sudden possibility of real peace talks between Israel and Lebanon. They examine how Hezbollah's weakening, Lebanon's internal political shifts, and American mediation have created a window that would have seemed impossible just a few years ago, and whether this moment can produce a genuine strategic shift or just another pause before the next war.

The conversation goes beyond the headlines to ask what peace would actually require: not ceasefires or diplomatic theater, but the dismantling of an Iranian proxy that has held Lebanon hostage and kept both countries locked in a conflict neither population truly wants.

"War should end with peace, not a piece of paper."