Energy War? Lebanon Warns Israel ‘Playing with Fire’ Offshore

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
Lebanon has warned Israel it is “playing with fire” by staking out energy claims in the Mediterranean Sea, where Beirut says Israel’s discoveries are in its territory.
The Israeli Cabinet, heading off another dispute similar to the Sheba Farms land dispute at the northern border, approved a “marine economic zone proposal” Sunday after Lebanonpresented maps to the United Nations, marking maritime borders that would include part of the giantLeviathan and Tamarfields. The United Nations previously has refused to take repsonsiblity for marking the maritime borders.

The Lebanese daily As-Safir,in an article under the headline “War of Oil: Another Phase of Israeli Offense,” reported that Lebanese Minister of Energy and Water Joubran Bassil said Israel “is playing with fire “by violatingLebanon’s maritime border and oil rights.”

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