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- War and Natural Gas: The Israeli Invasion and Gaza’s Offshore Gas Fields - Part 1
who owns the gas fields
the issue of sovereignty over gaza’s 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 gaza’s 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. palestine’s 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 gaza’s
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 gaza’s offshore
wells. (the independent, august 19, 2003)
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:
- NME July 18, 2009
travelling like the light
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