In light of the current circumstances, the question remains: Do the ongoing developments truly lead to the adoption of a new version of the approved “mechanisms,” or are they merely a rearrangement of existing frameworks? The current field developments have produced these mechanisms, but they have not yet been able to achieve decisive progress or reach their ultimate goals, raising important questions about their future.
Informed sources explain to that this reality raises a fundamental question: Are we facing an escalating field situation that may force the suspension of the current mechanisms and the transition to a new mechanism different in terms of number, tasks, and work plan? Or is what is happening no more than a reorganization of the mechanism itself within certain limits?
These sources indicate that there is a proposal being circulated behind the scenes about the possibility of moving to a different framework, based on the creation of a tripartite committee concerned with major political files, including border issues and diplomatic relations between the two countries, in addition to economic cooperation. If this path is adopted, we will not only be facing a military or technical negotiation mechanism, but a high-level political-institutional framework, which may include ministers or high-level representatives of the countries concerned, under American auspices.
According to the same sources, this development will move the negotiation to a more direct and comprehensive level, within a different work plan, and a new field reality, which raises the fundamental question again: Are we really facing major field or military transformations that require a radical change in frameworks and mechanisms, or is the trend moving towards developing existing mechanisms and reproducing them in new forms?
For its part, sources familiar with the atmosphere of Hezbollah believe that there is a fear today of an attempt to disrupt the mechanism, even if it is basically ineffective and is merely a “false witness.” These fears of the seriousness of the matter stem from the American and Israeli attempt to disrupt the mechanism in a clear direction to exclude the French role, and limit the framework to the American, Israeli, and Lebanese, in preparation for moving to direct negotiations and raising the level of representation, which means direct negotiation with the Israeli.
The sources believe that some parties are seeking to implement this as an alternative to the previous mechanisms, which effectively means changing the nature of the framework from a technical or security mechanism to a direct political path with conditions set by the American and Israeli parties.
