黎巴嫩律师向检察机关提出投诉，指控银行家安东·塞赫瑙伊与以色列总理本杰明·内坦亚胡在华盛顿会面违反了国家法律[1]。塞赫瑙伊与内坦亚胡及其妻子萨拉在华盛顿一家餐厅会晤，该晚宴由塞赫瑙伊和前美国特使摩根·奥尔塔古斯主办，美国官员也出席了此次活动[1]。黎巴嫩律师哈桑·巴兹和穆罕默德·哈吉·哈桑在投诉中表示，这一举动违反了国家法律并冒犯了国情[1]。
根据黎巴嫩1955年的法律规定，与以色列进行交涉的人员可面临最高10年的监禁处罚[1]。投诉指控塞赫瑙伊犯有"与以色列敌人接触和交易、违反以色列抵制法、叛国罪和国家安全罪"等多项罪名[1]。这次会面发生在以色列和黎巴嫩进行美国支持的直接谈判期间，旨在结束以色列与伊朗支持的真主党之间的最新冲突[1]。
A group of Lebanese lawyers has filed a formal complaint with prosecutors against banker Anton Sehnaoui for meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington, accusing him of violating national laws that prohibit contact with Israelis.[1] The complaint alleges that Sehnaoui committed multiple offenses including "contact and dealings with an Israeli enemy, violation of the Israeli boycott law, treason, and crimes against state security."[1]
Sehnaoui and former U.S. special envoy Morgan Ortagus hosted a dinner on Monday in a Washington restaurant attended by Netanyahu, his wife Sara, and American officials.[1] The meeting occurred during U.S.-mediated direct negotiations between Israel and Lebanon aimed at ending the latest conflict between Israel and the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah.[1]
Lebanese law explicitly prohibits citizens from engaging with Israelis, with violations punishable by up to ten years imprisonment under a 1955 statute.[1] The lawyers, including Hassan Baz and Mohammad Haji Hassan, characterized the meeting as illegal and an affront to the nation.[1] Lebanon has suffered over 4,000 deaths in the conflict, while Israeli forces remain positioned in dozens of Lebanese villages and towns.[1]