The head of the Free Patriotic Movement, MP Gebran Bassil, announced that the movement absolutely supports the issue of negotiation with Israel, provided that it is a way to achieve certain goals. He said in a statement: “The Free Patriotic Movement absolutely supports the principle of negotiating with Israel to stop the war, restore its rights and bring about peace. However, the process of direct negotiation is a tactical card that can be used at the right time to achieve its goal, and it should not be neglected or used at the wrong time under the pressure of Israeli aggression and without Achieving a ceasefire on the basis of offering free concessions in a process of surrender and defeat.” He continued: “Negotiation is justified if it is a way to achieve the following goals: a complete cessation of Israeli attacks on land, sea and air, a complete Israeli withdrawal from all occupied Lebanese territories within the internationally recognized borders, including the maritime demarcation agreement, the immediate return of Lebanese citizens to their towns and homes without restrictions or conditions, the deployment of the army on all borders and the entire Lebanese territory and arming it with what is necessary within a national defense strategy and the immediate implementation of the principle of immediately confiscating weapons in its hands without any restrictions or conditions. Other than that, the state’s decision is limited to its constitutional institutions alone, holding Israel responsible for the damages resulting from the aggression and demanding compensation for them. Achieving the principle of absolute sovereignty of the Lebanese state over its land, air, sea and full rights to its natural national resources and fully investing them, and finally establishing the principle of establishing a permanent, comprehensive and just peace with Israel within the Arab Peace Plan in Beirut (2002) and based on the reference of the United Nations in all its resolutions, in a way that guarantees the non-settlement of refugees. Palestinians in Lebanon, within the framework of an integrated Arab path and solution that also guarantees the return of displaced Syrians to their country.”