English transcript

Ambassador Lighton, Mark Stone from Sky News. Three brief questions. First of all, can you

give us a sense of, put this moment into context for us. You're talking about Israelis going

on holiday to Lebanon and the other way around. I mean, that is extraordinary. So put this

in context for us. Secondly, when will Israel cease fire against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon?

Because at the moment, the fighting is ongoing. And lastly, the Lebanese ministers have told

us that, in a sense, Israel is undermining what their effort is, which is they are calling

for Hezbollah to disarm. They're calling for dialogue. They say they're doing everything

they can and that you're undermining things by continuing to fight in the south.

There may be some ministers that say some things for the publicity purposes, but the

Lebanese know very well that they would not have been able to move into a new era of peace

were it not for the fact that we've degraded Hezbollah. There would be nothing to talk about

if it wasn't for the fact that, you know, Hassan Nasrallah, for example, who talked

about Israel being a, nothing more than a spiderweb, is now living among the spiders.

We've degraded Hezbollah, which has enabled Lebanon and the government of Joseph Allen

to take bold steps into direct negotiations with Israel. And that's the context. That's

the change that President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu have brought across the region.

With the degrading of Iran, this malign and malignant entity that's trying to destabilize

the entire region, there is now the opportunity to degrade its proxies as well, to move them

out of their horrific occupation of another country and to move into an era where Lebanese

and Israelis can live side by side in peace. And yes, vacation in each other's countries.

It's not a pipe dream. It's a reality that can really happen in our lifetime.