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@intended | 10 August 14 | |
Why do other Arab countrys refuse citizenship to these so called Palestinian ? Why dont Arab countrys give the so called Palestinians the same treatment as their own citizens ? why cant these so called Palestinians be absoreb by other Arab countrys ?
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@intended | 10 August 14 | |
@ 0gypsy0 - 10.08.14 - 03:55pm Cant even answer 1 question |
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@0gypsy0 | 10 August 14 | |
@ intended - 10.08.14 - 03:49pm Your 1st statement is wrong . When was the nation Palestinians formed . Who were these people who claimed to be Palestinians and where do they came from ? Your topic ''Palestine ? ? '' |
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@0gypsy0 | 10 August 14 | |
@ intended - 10.08.14 - 03:59pm Cant even answer 1 question It was answered,explained too many times ! |
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@ummati | 10 August 14 | |
@ intended - 10.08.14 - 03:57pm Why do other Arab countrys refuse citizenship to these so called Palestinian ? Why dont Arab countrys give the so called Palestinians the same treatment as their own citizens ? why cant these so called Palestinians be absoreb by other Arab countrys ? dummy, cos they are palestinians, jeez, |
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@ummati | 10 August 14 | |
@ ummati - 10.08.14 - 03:44pm War and Natural Gas: The Israeli Invasion and Gazas Offshore Gas Fields http://t.co/aiaXwc4fEJ More than five years ago, Israel invaded Gaza under Operation Cast Lead. The following article was first published by Global Research in January 2009 at the height of the Israeli bombing and invasion under Operation Cast Lead. In the wake of the invasion, Palestinian gas fields were de facto confiscated by Israel in derogation of international law A year following Operation Cast Lead, Tel Aviv announced the discovery of the Leviathan natural gas field in the Eastern Mediterranean off the coast of Israel. At the time the gas field was: the most prominent field ever found in the sub-explored area of the Levantine Basin, which covers about 83,000 square kilometres of the eastern Mediterranean region. (i) Coupled with Tamar field, in the same location, discovered in 2009, the prospects are for an energy bonanza for Israel, for Houston, Texas based Noble Energy and partners Delek Drilling, Avner Oil Exploration and Ratio Oil Exploration. (See Felicity Arbuthnot, Israel: Gas, Oil and Trouble in the Levant, Global Research, December 30, 2013 http://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2014/08/10/gazaunderattack-war-and-natural-gas-the-israeli-invasion-and-gazas-offshore-gas-fields/ |
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@ummati | 10 August 14 | |
The Gazan gas fields are part of the broader Levant assessment area. What is now unfolding is the integration of these adjoining gas fields including those belonging to Palestine into the orbit of Israel. (see map below). It should be noted that the entire Eastern Mediterranean coastline extending from Egypts Sinai to Syria constitutes an area encompassing large gas as well as oil reserves. |
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@ummati | 10 August 14 | |
Who Owns the Gas Fields The issue of sovereignty over Gazas gas fields is crucial. From a legal standpoint, the gas reserves belong to Palestine. The death of Yasser Arafat, the election of the Hamas government and the ruin of the Palestinian Authority have enabled Israel to establish de facto control over Gazas offshore gas reserves. British Gas (BG Group) has been dealing with the Tel Aviv government. In turn, the Hamas government has been bypassed in regards to exploration and development rights over the gas fields. The election of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in 2001 was a major turning point. Palestines sovereignty over the offshore gas fields was challenged in the Israeli Supreme Court. Sharon stated unequivocally that Israel would never buy gas from Palestine intimating that Gazas offshore gas reserves belong to Israel. In 2003, Ariel Sharon, vetoed an initial deal, which would allow British Gas to supply Israel with natural gas from Gazas offshore wells. (The Independent, August 19, 2003) |
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@ummati | 10 August 14 | |
The election victory of Hamas in 2006 was conducive to the demise of the Palestinian Authority, which became confined to the West Bank, under the proxy regime of Mahmoud Abbas. In 2006, British Gas was close to signing a deal to pump the gas to Egypt. (Times, May, 23, 2007). According to reports, British Prime Minister Tony Blair intervened on behalf of Israel with a view to shunting the agreement with Egypt. The following year, in May 2007, the Israeli Cabinet approved a proposal by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to buy gas from the Palestinian Authority. The proposed contract was for 4 billion, with profits of the order of 2 billion of which one billion was to go the Palestinians. Tel Aviv, however, had no intention on sharing the revenues with Palestine. An Israeli team of negotiators was set up by the Israeli Cabinet to thrash out a deal with the BG Group, bypassing both the Hamas government and the Palestinian Authority: Israeli defence authorities want the Palestinians to be paid in goods and services and insist that no money go to the Hamas-controlled Government. (Ibid, emphasis added) |
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@ummati | 10 August 14 | |
The objective was essentially to nullify the contract signed in 1999 between the BG Group and the Palestinian Authority under Yasser Arafat. Under the proposed 2007 agreement with BG, Palestinian gas from Gazas offshore wells was to be channeled by an undersea pipeline to the Israeli seaport of Ashkelon, thereby transferring control over the sale of the natural gas to Israel. The deal fell through. The negotiations were suspended: Mossad Chief Meir Dagan opposed the transaction on security grounds, that the proceeds would fund terror. (Member of Knesset Gilad Erdan, Address to the Knesset on The Intention of Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to Purchase Gas from the Palestinians When Payment Will Serve Hamas, March 1, 2006, quoted in Lt. Gen. (ret.) Moshe Yaalon, Does the Prospective Purchase of British Gas from Gazas Coastal Waters Threaten Israels National Security? Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, October 2007) Israels intent was to foreclose the possibility that royalties be paid to the Palestinians. In December 2007, The BG Group withdrew from the negotiations with Israel and in January 2008 they closed their office in Israel.(BG website). |
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