LOTS OF OIL, NATURAL GAS IN GAZA

[DogPoundPup]

"there is an abundance of oil reserves both on the strip and offshore" http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/entries/q_israeli_palestinian_peace/

"The Palestinians are, in aggregate, energy rich. For the past six years, the Palestinian Authority has been sitting on a major gas field that contains at least 1.4 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of gas."
http://www.epalestine.com/PalestineEnergy.pdf

"Palestine was rewarded with an oil reserve 22 miles off of the coast of the Gaza Strip. The entire country was excited by this natural mineral that would hopefully provide them with the economic freedom and financial stability they desired. Unfortunately, the financial success did not come directly on the heels of their discovery"
http://www.oilandgasinvestingglossary.com/palestines_natural_gas_troubles.asp

To find the real reasons behind conflicts and wars in this world, you need to follow some or all of four things: Money, blood, power or natural resources (usually oil or natural gas but it can be cobalt like in the Congo).

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[Phred42]

1. Oh-oh

:banghead:

[dipsydoodle]

2. Nice find

Thanks. :hi:

[DogPoundPup]

5. You're welcome!

Pass this info on...please

:fistbump:

[DogPoundPup]

17. FLASHBACK: British Gas, Israel to freeze Hamas out of $4b. gas deal

JPost.com » Business » Business News » Article
Jul 5, 2007 20:39 | Updated Jul 6, 2007 9:38
British Gas, Israel to freeze Hamas out of $4b. gas deal
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1183459207651&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

[create.peace]

18. another article from 2 and a half years ago- god it is hard to keep your eyes on things

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/natural_resources/article1826739.ece

[zonmoy]

3. Thus giving the real israeli motive for attacking the gaza strip

though I wonder when they are planning to send in the Daleks to exterminate the natives. :evilgrin: :sarcasm:

[Arctic Dave]

4. They will never, ever be able to develop them.

If they do, that would mean they could become self reliant. Isreal would never allow that.

[babylonsister]

9. Maybe Israel wants to develop them. nt

[Motown_Johnny]

13. Yep, offshore drilling is a possibility, but with 3 million people in that tiny strip of land

any drilling on land seems problematic at best.

[waiting for hope]

6. It's all going to be about resources -

Every war, every conflict - it will boil down to who's got what and who has the bigger weapons. I fear China will be part of something next, as well as Russia and North Korea.

[madrchsod]

7. so moses lead them to the wrong parts of the land of milk and honey?

[Kaleko]

8. Whoa!

I didn't know that. Changes the whole gestalt if true...

[babylonsister]

10. I didn't know this either. Eek! nt

[Usrename]

11. go figure

:banghead:

[progressoid]

12. While natural rescources are a reason for conflicts,

what is happening in Gaza has a lot more to do with culture/religion/revenge/retaliation/race etc.

[dixiegrrrrl]

14. Figures. No other "explanation" made sense.

Had to be the oil.

And all that time and energy and meetings and paper and ink wasted over all these years
addressing the cover issues.

[Wiley50]

15. Which Must Be Why These Folks Want Back There So Bad

http://www.alternet.org/story/117812/israeli_militants_poised_to_resettle_gaza_after_assault/

Israeli Militants Poised to Resettle Gaza After Assault

As Israeli troops fight their way into Gaza, scores of determined settlers are prepared to enter in their wake.

Israel's "Operation Cast Lead" is reported to have overwhelming support among the Israeli public, but few are as enthusiastic as the former residents of the Israeli settlements in Gaza. As tens of thousands of Israeli troops descend on Gaza in an apocalyptic frenzy, scores of determined settlers are prepared to enter in their wake.

The Gaza settlements were dismantled in August 2005 as part of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s disengagement plan. In a single stroke, the Israeli army removed 8,000 people from the Gush Katif settlement bloc in the southwest corner of the Gaza Strip near the Egyptian border and from four smaller settlements in northern and central Gaza.

In spirit, many of the Gaza settlers never left the coveted Palestinian territory on the Mediterranean coast. Despite ample compensation from the Israeli government, many have chosen to live in nearby caravan camps in desert towns between Ashdod and Ashkelon, clustered with families from the same settlement of origin. Most of the settlers didn't pack before they were escorted out of their compounds, not believing that the Israeli government would permanently expel them. Some have posted the road signs identifying their old settlements in their camps.

The evacuees have reportedly suffered from high rates of divorce, drug abuse and other problem behavior. Imbued with messianic zeal, for the last three-and-a-half years, they have been mobilizing to resettle the land they believe is theirs by divine right.

Settler activists are counting on their historically strong ties to the Israeli military, with some units composed entirely of settlers, to help in their fight. Indeed, some soldiers and reservists currently in Gaza were there three years ago living in cherished settlement communities. On Monday, an article in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz described the bittersweet reactions of soldiers who had lived in Gaza settlements and are now back in uniform, noting, "Some see it as a first step toward returning to their former homes."

Earlier this year, Haaretz reported on settlers' plans to follow the Israeli army into Gaza. Boaz Haetzni, a leader of the settler movement, explained, "In our estimation the 'big operation' is only a matter of time; we will follow them in. We will not ask for permission from anyone. The groups will be ready ... These core groups will do exactly what the group that re-established Kfar Etzion did after 1967. They will return to the lands where they existed in the past and will rebuild them."

More at Link

[leftstreet]

16. Interesting links. Thanks for posting n/t

[methinks2]

19. BINGO

:kick:

[Lithos]

20. $4 billion

Chicken feed in the big scheme of things especially when it will cost $2 billion to develop it. It is only viable when prices were at 2007 levels.


The cost of the current war in Gaza is going to easily exceed that value. Economics have nothing to do with it.

-L