Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri described the framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel that was signed in Washington as “dictations,” which are ten times worse than the May 17, 1983 agreement. He stressed not to be drawn into any street movements or reactions that might be exploited to plunge the country into a spiral of chaos and internal fighting. He stressed that the most dangerous thing accompanying the agreement is not only its political content, but rather the attempts that could result from it to provoke internal divisions and lure the Lebanese into a confrontation among themselves, which serves the Israeli occupation before any other party. He considered that confronting this path must remain within the constitutional, political and national frameworks, noting that the Amal Movement ministers “will not boycott any Cabinet session in which the agreement is presented, and there we confront and have our position,” stressing that “this agreement will not go ahead, and it will not be implemented like this alone.” Berri believed that the only realistic opportunity available to Lebanon today to extract its rights and force Israel to withdraw completely “lies in the American-Iranian negotiating path,” as it is the only framework capable of producing balances that force the occupation to implement its obligations. Berri said regarding what is being said about the dismissal of Army Commander Rudolph Heikal: “No one is making this joke, and no one is playing with the army,” stressing that the military institution “is a red line and constitutes one of the pillars of national stability and the basic guarantee for protecting civil peace.”