Israel's Lebanon occupation chokes Beirut's offshore gas options -- RT World News

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Israel's investment in offshore exploration in the past two decades paid off with the discoveries at Tamar, Dalit, Leviathan, Dolphin, Tanin, Aphrodite, Karish, and Tamar Southwest gas fields.
51% : Unlike Israel, Lebanon is yet to tap into those riches.
48% : The Jewish state's operation has extended into Lebanese territorial waters believed to contain energy resources Israel's latest land grab is dashing Lebanon's hope of tapping offshore gas to solve its persistent energy shortage.
47% : On Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) published a map of a "forward defense line area" in southern Lebanon - effectively an occupation zone that some officials in West Jerusalem said needs to be depopulated for Israeli national security.
46% : In 2022, US-mediated talks between Israel and Lebanon ended a long-time row over their maritime border, driven to a large degree by the potential presence of offshore natural gas fields in the disputed area.
45% : The French energy giant not only has the technical expertise, but also could handle payments of royalties to West Jerusalem, making direct transactions between Israel and Lebanon unnecessary.
43% : Gas is trapped under a regional geological formation, with Israel, Egypt and Cyprus exploiting the reserves.
42% : Over one million people in Lebanon have requested relief after being displaced, as Israel struck dense population areas and demanded evacuation of a significant portion of its territory.
38% : The destruction adds also to the cost Lebanon has been paying since October 2023, when a Hamas raid on Israel set off the conflagration in the Middle East.
36% : Israel has been in an on and off war with Lebanon for decades - formally since the Jewish state's creation in 1948 - and the ongoing hostilities are causing damage in more direct ways.

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