Let me add to this: my thesis advisor at MIT was Israeli, and I have made many Israeli friends while living in the US, as many Lebanese people do.

Does that mean that I should submit to your ultimatum: either normalize relations or starve? https://twitter.com/IngaSchei/status/1290391019314241537

On a personal level, I have fundamental disagreements with the current apartheid regime that is in place in Israel. If and when a one-state solution is established and refugees are granted the right of return, I would not be opposed to normalizing relations.

But this is only my opinion. In the end, what matters is what the Lebanese people want. I believe in the democratic process, and if the majority of my people decide they want an Israeli embassy in Beirut, one will be built. My best guess is that it won't happen any time soon.