Israel decides who is the go-between.
They said it's better for Lebanon.
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Cookie_VolantApr 15, 2026
+21
Israeli's envoys say a lot of shit all the time.
Lebanon was a french protectorate and has maintained friendly ties. Israël on the other hand has violated more than once french territory in the region.
France has territory, diplomatic ties and is a major power that can oppose Israël. Of course they have legitimity in peace talks and of course Israël is pissed they could.
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TavrinApr 15, 2026
+5
Some people definitely can't read and are using that to nitpick, you're right on all of those aspects
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TwytilusApr 16, 2026
+7
>Lebanon was a french protectorate and has maintained friendly ties. Israël on the other hand has violated more than once french territory in the region.
**Was** a French protectorate. And what "French territory in the region" did Israel violate? Lebanon? What the hell is this neo-colonial bullshit? Lebanon is a country of its own, yes, with significant ties to France, but its not a vassal puppet state for gods sake. They can conduct peace talks on their own, and they can represent the interests of their country on their own. Stop treating them like a colony.
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Cookie_VolantApr 16, 2026
+3
France has some territory in both Israel and Lebanon. Same as US has some territory in Normandy. It's actually pretty common for a country to have small territory inside another nation.
As for the peace talks : it's neither up to France or Israel alone to decide who participates. Historicaly it has always been better to use a neutral country (or at least one both belligerents agree on) to preside peace talks. That's why Pakistan is the mediator in current US-Iran conflict, for example.
So yes France can absolutely say they want to participate because they are worried about their territory and friend. And Lebanon can absolutely say no. But they didn't and only Israel is throwing a tantrum.
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arathorn3Apr 15, 2026
-36
Maintained friendly ties?
The two countries have been at war twice in my lifetime (41 years old,)
The war started when hezbollah crossed into israel and kidnapped 2 border guards on israels side of the border.
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ElpsythApr 15, 2026
+43
Friendly ties with France. Not Israel.
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Top_Conference_477Apr 15, 2026
-32
This is listnook. We don’t apply history to this conflict here. It’s too inconvenient to our prejudice
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ElpsythApr 15, 2026
+29
This is Listnook, where listnookor have the reading comprehension of oisters and go on rants.
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esotericreferenceeApr 16, 2026
+1
Is that an hilariously clever slur or bizarre misspelling?
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ElpsythApr 16, 2026
Litterally translated from French.
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esotericreferenceeApr 16, 2026
+1
My French is lousy, but isn’t it “huitre?”
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ElpsythApr 16, 2026
+1
Oister=Huitres
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esotericreferenceeApr 16, 2026
+1
Merci.
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TrashbitexApr 15, 2026
+10
You didn’t even understand what was said.
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TobiTakoApr 15, 2026
-19
what's Israël?
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rosenkohl1603Apr 15, 2026
+2
ë or ï means you start a new sylable and avoid a diphthong. This also exists in English: Chloë, Brontë, naïve...
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Automata-OmniaApr 15, 2026
-1
fun fact Brontë is a deliberate misspelling of Brunty
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rosenkohl1603Apr 15, 2026
-2
There isn't one correct way spelling in English because there is no governing body like the RAE for Spanish or the Rechtschreibrat for German. Usually correct spelling is just convention and some people wanted to change a convention. But I get what you mean because it is quite fringe.
But you would agree that naïve is relatively commonly used right?
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Automata-OmniaApr 15, 2026
+2
Diaresis and Umalaut are only used in some loanwords from other languages, it is normal to remove them or replace them with a hyphen (Diaresis)/ vowel followed by an e (Umalaut) when used in English, but fine to use them as is; you cannot create a new word in English with accents.
Brontë isn't a loanword, it is a deliberate misspelling of the name Brunty to appear fancy/foreign.
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rosenkohl1603Apr 15, 2026
-1
*Umlaut
Is naïve also a deliberate misspelling?
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Automata-OmniaApr 15, 2026
+1
It's a loanword from French, so no it's not. Just like Müller is not.
Normally they are spelt Naive and Mueller in English though.
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HandofWinterApr 15, 2026
+1
There's no phoneme associated with ï in English. An English speaker would pronounce it as they would i in that position. Naive is used in english, but not pronounced as it is in French, and it is not spelt with an ï since that's not in the English alphabet.
The English word naive is loaned from the French naïve, but they're different words in different languages. Same with the other examples (aside from Brontë apparently! That's interesting).
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itspronouncedbolonyaApr 16, 2026
+7
BREAKING NEWS: Israel doesn't want a nation that threatened it last year to be a part of peace talks, WHO COULD BELIEVE IT
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SP1570Apr 15, 2026
-3
If you want peace, you have no place in the region
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[deleted]Apr 15, 2026
-29
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TheFrickinThrowAwayApr 15, 2026
+13
Nah it isn’t
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Prestigious_Face7727Apr 17, 2026
+1
Countries who want peace have no place in Israel's world at all.
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AlisaofallTimesApr 16, 2026
-11
Very good. Modern France is a disgrace and must be utterly destroyed (or reformed).
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manfr57Apr 17, 2026
+5
ta gueule guignols de troll viens nous désarmé si tu ose fils de putin
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Standard_Feedback_86Apr 15, 2026
-66
Ok, so dont ever ask again about money or help.
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TheFrickinThrowAwayApr 15, 2026
+43
From France ? France ?!
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MajorMessApr 15, 2026
+33
Yeah those UN soldiers will NOT guard the border anymore and prevent Hezbollah from attacking! That's what you get for messing with France!
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SkinnyFatSoldierApr 15, 2026
+19
Cause they’ve been doing such a great job at it lol
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