US to Host New Israel–Lebanon Peace Talks

A U.S. State Department spokesman said a peace deal necessitates fully bolstering the Lebanese government’s authority and completely disarming Hezbollah.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C) speaks during a meeting with Lebanon’s Ambassador to the U.S. Nada Hamadeh Moawad (2R) and Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter (2L) at the State Department in Washington on April 14, 2026. Oliver Contreras/AFP via Getty Images

The United States will again host a set of talks between Israeli and Lebanese delegations on May 14 and 15, for what is intended to be an intense effort to advance a lasting peace agreement between the two nations amid recent fighting.

“These talks aim to break decisively from the failed approach of the past two decades, which allowed terrorist groups to entrench and enrich themselves, undermine the authority of the Lebanese state, and endanger Israel’s northern border,” U.S. State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said on May 8.