Side Benefit of Gas Deal Negotiations: Israel Stopped Bombing Iranian Shipments to Hezbollah
Hezbollah be able to literally carpet-bomb northern Israel, if not further south.
Lebanese President Asks Total Energies to Begin Drilling for Med Gas
MP Gebran Bassil, the president's son-in-law, says Beirut had "guarantees" that once a border accord was reached with Israel, the French firm would "restart its petroleum activities offshore."
Lebanon Emphasizes No Shared Table, Photo with Israel at Maritime Border Deal Ceremony
Lebanon's President Michel Aoun urged the French Total Energy firm to begin drilling in the Kana gas field as soon as possible to "make up for time lost in the negotiations."
Lebanon: Cholera Outbreak
There have been a total of 89 cholera cases since October 5.
Lebanon Won’t Recognize Buoy Line as the International Border with Israel
Lebanon agrees to the final version of the maritime border demarcation agreement, but will not recognize the buoy-line as the international border line.
Text of the Lebanon Maritime Border Deal, and What Exactly Israel Lost
Anwar Sadar: "Poor Menachem, I got back 90% of the Sinai and the Alma oil fields, and what has Menachem got? A piece of paper."
Shaked: Israel Should Not Reach Deal to Surrender to Enemy’s Threats
Netanyahu warned, "Hezbollah will use the billions from the gas to arm itself with missiles and rockets against Israeli citizens; Iran will position itself against Rosh Hanikra and against Israel’s gas reserves."
Lapid: Israel-Lebanon Maritime Border Deal Prevents Military Clash with Hezbollah
"As the Chief of General Staff told the Government, [the deal] does not preserve our security, it enhances our security."
Knesset Begins Review of Israel-Lebanon Maritime Border Deal – But Won’t Vote On It
After the review, the agreement returns to the government cabinet for a final ratification.
Israeli Security Cabinet – and Bennett – Supports Lapid’s Maritime Boundary Deal with Lebanon,...
Alternate Prime Minister Naftali Bennett supported the agreement with a statement that attempted to side with the opposition as well as with the cabinet vote.
Lapid Govt Tells High Court Lebanon Deal Is Not Irreversible
Considering the current power balance in the 24th Knesset, it is almost certain that a vote would kill the deal.
Biden Pushing Lapid to Sign Lebanese Gas Deal before the Elections
The risky timing may cause Lapid to reconsider the move.
UPDATE: Lebanon, Israel Happy with Final Gas Deal Draft from Hochstein
Now it remains to be seen if the Lapid government would be brazen enough to push the latest draft through before the November 1 elections.
Energean Starts Testing the Gas Flow at Israel’s Offshore Karish Field
An unidentified Lebanese official told Arab media that both sides are to meet on October 20 to officially sign the agreement at the United Nations.
IDF’s Kochavi Sends Explicit Warning to Lebanon
Kochavi showed the French general which Lebanese targets would be destroyed if Hezbollah attacked.
Netanyahu Rejects Gantz’s Invitation to Security Briefing on Lebanon Maritime Deal
The possibility that the agreement could be torpedoed altogether could lead to the likelihood of more threats from Hezbollah.
PM Lapid Rejects Lebanon’s Amendments to Maritime Border Agreement
The Likud is taking credit for Lapid's backtracking, saying their public awareness campaign against the deal worked.
Israeli Cabinet to Convene on Lebanon Maritime Boundary Deal
Lebanon submitted a list of "amendments" on Tuesday to the final agreement submitted by US energy envoy Amos Hochstein in its reply to Washington.
Bennett on the Lebanon Agreement: This Is Not the Deal I Approved
Prime Minister Lapid for his part turned to the age-old strategy of "when in doubt – lie through your teeth."
Ayelet Shaked Calls for Transparency and Knesset Vote on Lebanon Agreement
The public does not know the details of the agreement with Lebanon.
Former US Ambassador David Friedman Baffled by Israel-Lebanon Deal on Gas Fields
Friedman tweeted, "No one then imagined 100% to Lebanon and 0% to Israel. Would love to understand how we got here.”
Netanyahu: Lapid’s Gas Deal a Surrender to Hezbollah, We Are Not Bound by It
“Yair Lapid shamefully capitulated to Nasrallah's threats."
Lebanon, Israel Receive Draft Maritime Border Agreement
Israel’s political-security cabinet is set to meet Thursday – by which time, Lebanon’s answer should be received – to discuss the draft.
Report: Lebanon Expects Written Offer on Maritime Border with Israel Within Days
"The written offer that Hochstein will send is expected to arrive in Ba’abda before the end of this week."
American Jew Detained in Lebanon on Suspicision of Espionage after having Visited Israel
Lebanese security forces arrested the individual, who has since been released, after discovering he made the reservation for his hotel in Beirut from the Jewish state.
Beirut: Israel-Lebanon Deal in ‘Final Stages’
The deal currently on the table would guarantee Lebanon’s rights to extract natural gas and oil in specific fields in its exclusive economic zone, Pres. Michel Aoun says.
Nasrallah Issues Fresh Threats as Karish Gas Field Nears Extraction
"We will not allow that oil and gas be extracted from the disputed Karish field before Lebanon obtains its rightful demands."
Lebanese Official: Maritime Border Talks with Israel ‘Nearly Complete’
“We’re talking about weeks—actually days—to finish the delineation issue,” says the head of Lebanon’s General Security Agency.
IDF: Silence on Northern Border ‘More Deceptive Than Ever’
The chief of staff's words reflected warnings from US intelligence and the IDF of a “reasonable possibility” there will soon be a military confrontation with Hezbollah.
US Intelligence, IDF Warn Hezbollah Preparing for War
Many Lebanese fear Hezbollah's threats could jeopardize a maritime boundary deal with Israel that could reboot the country's crashing economy with gas extraction.
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