Is There a Pathway for Lebanon-Israel Peace?

For the first time in decades, newspapers, talk shows, and cafes across Lebanon are buzzing with talk about the possibility of peace with Israel. But the obstacles are daunting, including the far-from-complete task of disarming the still-potent Hezbollah, Iran’s foremost regional proxy.

To mark the publication of its new report “A Roadmap for Israel-Lebanon Peace,” The Washington Institute is pleased to announce a special Policy Forum consisting of two separate, sequential video conversations: the first a keynote discussion with Lebanese member of parliament Fouad Makhzoumi, followed by a panel discussion with Hanin Ghaddar and Eran Lerman, all moderated by Segal Executive Director Robert Satloff.

Watch a live webcast of this event starting at 12:00 noon EST (1700 GMT) on Thursday, November 6, 2025.

Keynote Speaker

Fouad Makhzoumi has served since 2018 as an elected member of the Lebanese parliament, representing Beirut’s second district. He is the CEO and executive chairman of Future Pipe Industries, a major conglomerate operating on four continents.

Panelists

Hanin Ghaddar is the Friedmann Senior Fellow in The Washington Institute’s Rubin Program on Arab Politics, coauthor of A Roadmap for Israel-Lebanon Peace (with Dr. Satloff and Ehud Yaari), and former managing editor of NOW Lebanon, the country's leading English-language media platform.

Col. Eran Lerman (Israel Defense Forces, Res.) is vice president of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security and former deputy director for foreign policy and international affairs at the National Security Council in the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office. He received his doctorate from the London School of Economics.

The Policy Forum series is made possible through the generosity of the Florence and Robert Kaufman Family.