Comments on: UN To Mediate A Natural Gas "Standoff" Between Israel and Lebanon Gas Fields Dispute

By: Gillian

Gillian — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:16:13 +0000

First of all I would reject the claim by Hezbollah as they are not a country so cannot make any legitimate claim. Secondly, there are rules in place as to how fields across countries are dealt with. This is obvious with the Tamar Field as there has been no dispute over the production.

I am not a geologist but if America and Israel have paid for the search in Israel and are ready to develop it then they must be sure that this is in their sovereignty. Lebanon must have known about the exploration yet have been quiet until the discovery so this is just sour grapes, just for a change! Any political discussions about gas found on land belonging to Lebanon would surely have been dealt with before now.

By: Dani

Dani — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:11:33 +0000

I think the point is somewhat being missed over here

Firstly any one who doubts Hezbollah’s will to destroy their own resources just needs to take a look at the last war and how the infrastructure and environment was destroyed, this did not deter Hezbollah in the least.

additionally look at Iran and the threat environmentally that they present. By forcing Israels hand with the threats of annihilation the Jewish state, may be forced to preempt an attack, creating havoc in the region

Lastly take a look at Iraq and how Saddam destroyed the oil wells in the first Gulf war

Any excuse to steal and destroy whilst creating a feeling of misplaced pride is an incentive to this primitive mindset bent on hate.

And Israel must relinquish Territory’s, recourses and security for these 14th century inbreds? do me a favor.

If the world or individuals are at all concerned with the environment well being and that includes the people of green prophet, then find a non environmentally damaging way of bringing the Arabs to their knees instead of futile attempts to create the fantasy of all of us working in uncle bobs garden together.

If not well, your options will be living in a nuclear cess pool after we nuke em all or allowing our children to be the victims of their rape plunder and murder

By: Karin Kloosterman

Karin Kloosterman — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:46:48 +0000

I think it’s worth knowing exactly where the territorial rights lay.

By: Immanuel Suttner

Immanuel Suttner — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:49:24 +0000

It makes sense for Lebanon and possibly Hizballah to have a stake in the natural gas fields…refer back to the 1950s and The Jordanian Potqsh Works at Yam HaMelach (the dead sea). Until the Jordanians had their own potash works that Israel could shell in response to Jordanian shelling of the Israeli Potash works, there was no deterrent – once the Jordanians had something to loose a balance of common interest in non-hostilities emerged…if Hizballah or Lebanon were making good money from some of the gas field, with rigs they controlled, then interference with israeli rgs could result in the destruction of their rigs…but if Israel adopts a winner takes all approach it may only have short term benefits…as it says in the Talmud “tafasta meat tafasta, tefasta merubah, lo tafasta” – if you get hold of a little, you can keep hold of it, you take a lot, it may all slip away…

By: Maurice Picow

Maurice Picow — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 07:06:59 +0000

Israel should not have to compromise on anything that is well within it’s legal territorial waters. Like I noted in the article, corruption and despotism in Lebanon coupled with extreme hatred on the part of Hezbollah toward Israel, makes any cooperation between the two countries virtually impossible.

Besides, as I also mentioned, If a pool of oil resembling the entire petroleum reserves of Saudi Arabia would be found under Tel Aviv, the Arabs would still look for ways to claim it as theirs.

That’s the sad reality of life in the Middle East.

By: Karin Kloosterman

Karin Kloosterman — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:07:59 +0000

Israel has gas rigs in operation already. I had a friend who worked on one of them. I think the Hezbollah wouldn’t sabotage them, especially since there are big international interests at stake. These kinds of mega-projects are deals made on the highest levels between huge companies and governments like the United States. Sabotage I doubt would happen, but putting a cog in the wheel of developing these fields most definitely looks like an outcome from this political dispute.

By: steve

steve — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:35:30 +0000

Why is it that Israel needs to compromise on an issue that clearly is within Israeli sovereignty. It is one thing to share the bounty with a friend or a friendly neighbor but when the threats come from Hizbullah then the dis-united nations should shout out loud and clear to Lebanon: enough is enough. Like, that is going to happen.

The Eco-disaster will only arise if the Terrorist organization Hizbullah is crazy enough to do something