“War of Oil”: Another Phase of Israeli Offense http://www.assafir.com/Article.aspx?EditionId=1891&articleId=1015&ChannelId=44575

Israeli preparations to delimit its so-called economic maritime boundaries are accelerating at a time Lebanon has started officially granting privileges to the drilling of oil and gas in its economic waters.The Israeli government would ratify on Sunday for the first time on its “maritime borders”, after Lebanon had assigned a Norwegian company to conduct a seismic research in its waters.Lebanon had earlier, last January, filed a document to the United Nations in which it defined its maritime borders.

It has been known that the possible oil fields lie in a nested area between both Lebanon and Palestine, something which may lead to more conflicts between Lebanon and the Israeli occupation government.For the Israeli side, the decision to delimit the maritime boundaries is considered as a prelude to achieve international recognition of its “maritime borders”.Bassil concluded that it was no one’s interest to create a problem, assuring that the Zionist entity “is playing with fire” by violating Lebanon's maritime borders and oil rights.“Lebanon will not give up its rights or its borders”, the energy minister was clear.

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