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(So was Mahmoud Abbas and Egypt in a conspiracy with Israel to get rid of Hamas (and innocent woman and children) in order to gain access to the Gaza Gas Fields? Read on …)
 
War and Natural Gas: The Israeli Invasion and Gaza’s Offshore Gas Fields

By Michel Chossudovsky
 
January 8, 2009

The military invasion of the Gaza Strip by Israeli Forces bears a direct relation to the control and ownership of strategic offshore gas reserves.

This is a war of conquest. Discovered in 2000, there are extensive gas reserves off the Gaza coastline.

British Gas (BG Group) and its partner, the Athens based Consolidated Contractors International Company (CCC) owned by Lebanon’s Sabbagh and Koury families, were granted oil and gas exploration rights in a 25 year agreement signed in November 1999 with the Palestinian Authority.

Read More »War and natural gas the Isaraeli invasion and Gazas offshore gas fields

The reality of Abu Mazen’s folly & the supine role of his envoy in Pretoria

 By Iqbal Jassat

 As Mahmoud Abbas [Abu Mazen] struggles to hold onto power, his Israeli-backed reign of the Occupied West Bank is turning into a colossal disaster for the Palestinians.

 Amidst encouraging signals from Cairo’s unity talks between Hamas and Fatah, it appears that in Ramallah, Abu Mazen remains determined to excel as the Zionist state’s most obedient surrogate.

Read More »The reality of abu mazens folly the supine role of his envoy in pretoria