Lebanese President Michel Aoun was handed on Wednesday a written proposal from the US Energy Envoy, Amos Hochstein, on how to demarcate Lebanon’s maritime border with Israel, local media reported. The letter, carried by US Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea, reportedly contained what was “verbally agreed upon” during Hochstein’s visit to Beirut on 8 February. According toLebanese newspapers, this primarily involved starting Lebanon’s negotiations from “Line 23”, instead of “Line 29”, the latter of which being a significant expansion of Lebanon’s territorial claims. Lebanon and Israel have no s…