BEIRUT - Nabih Berri, July 2 -- Iran is demanding that Israel comply with the all-fronts clause of the Islamabad MoU, which requires de-escalation across the region including Lebanon; and the mechanism the United States has designed to achieve that compliance is precisely what Berri has committed to defeating in the Lebanese cabinet.

The June 26 Washington framework defines what Lebanese clause implementation looks like in practice. It establishes "pilot zones" in southern Lebanon where the Lebanese Armed Forces would become the sole armed force on the ground - displacing Hezbollah's operational presence. It limits Lebanon's recourse to international legal remedies against Israel. Under Lebanese constitutional rules, it requires two-thir...