Israel never really states, "we want to destroy ______." Because it will completely lose its backing in the western world. While HA saying "we want to destroy Israel" has given it huge cachet in the Arab world. Each side is preaching to its own audience.
Though whatever Israel has said/signed, they are still expanding settlements.
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now imagine the difference between having the Lebanese go to peace talks holding HA's weapons as a bargaining chip on the negotiation table, and between the Lebanese going to the negotiation table holding nothing but their *****.
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Having weapons is indeed a huge change in negotiating. (Or money. Or oil. Or something.) But the Lebanese army should have them. They report to the actual entity that is negotiating: the government. HA's weapons aren't a bargaining chip unless HA is doing the negotiations.