📰 2 sources 3 articles · 27 Sep 2026, 11:12 → 20 days ago

Ambassador Simon Karam Seeks Vatican Mediation to Revive Negotiations with Israel

This story covers the move by Ambassador Simon Karam, tasked with the negotiations file with Israel, to seek mediation from the Holy See through a visit to the Vatican, amid a stalled negotiating track and no date set for the eighth round. Israel insists on postponing the new round until after its internal elections in November, threatening to freeze the negotiations.

📍 Where things stand: No date has yet been set for the anticipated Vatican visit, while the fate of the eighth round remains pending between Karam's effort to schedule it before the Israeli elections and Israel's insistence on postponing it until after November.

⏱️ Timeline

27 Sep 2026, 11:12 Al Jadeed channel reported that Ambassador Simon Karam will make a visit to the Vatican including meetings within the framework of the negotiations, without further details on the date or nature of the visit or the parties taking part.
28 Sep 2026, 10:58 Red TV reported that Ambassador Simon Karam, tasked with the negotiations file with Israel, will head to the Vatican to request mediation by the Holy See and support for restarting the talks, after the negotiating track stalled and no date was set for the eighth round. It noted that Israel insists on postponing the new round until after its internal elections in November, while Karam will push to set a date for the eighth round before the elections to prevent the negotiations from being frozen.

Timeline written by AI from the sources below; updated as new reports arrive.

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Lebanon Debate 13:53

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Lebanon Debate 10:58

After negotiations stall… Karam seeks Vatican help to break the 'election veto'

Red TV learned that Ambassador Simon Karam, tasked with the negotiations file with Israel, will head to the Vatican to request mediation from the Holy See after the negotiation tra…

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aljadeed 11:12

Meetings within the framework of negotiations.. Karam to the Vatican

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