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Turkey Unlikely to Sign Gas Pipeline Deal With Israel
Reuters
September 09, 2014 10:55 AM
ISTANBUL—
Turkey is unlikely to sign any energy deals with Israel for the construction of a gas pipeline to Turkey because of a deepening political rift over Israel's Gaza offensive, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said on Tuesday.
However, Israel's Gaza offensive in July that killed more than 2,000 people undermined those efforts and infuriated President Tayyip Erdogan, who likened Israel's actions to those of Hitler.
Israel has turned into a potential gas exporter overnight with the discovery of Tamar and Leviathan, two of the largest gas finds in the past decade. Tamar began production in March 2013, and its partners have already signed a number of lucrative deals in Israel.
http://www.voanews.com/content/turkey-gas-pipeline-deal-israel-gaza/2443707.html
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Reuters
September 09, 2014 10:55 AM
ISTANBUL—
Turkey is unlikely to sign any energy deals with Israel for the construction of a gas pipeline to Turkey because of a deepening political rift over Israel's Gaza offensive, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said on Tuesday.
However, Israel's Gaza offensive in July that killed more than 2,000 people undermined those efforts and infuriated President Tayyip Erdogan, who likened Israel's actions to those of Hitler.
Israel has turned into a potential gas exporter overnight with the discovery of Tamar and Leviathan, two of the largest gas finds in the past decade. Tamar began production in March 2013, and its partners have already signed a number of lucrative deals in Israel.
http://www.voanews.com/content/turkey-gas-pipeline-deal-israel-gaza/2443707.html
Art verified in
Report Turkey forbids completion of gas deal with Israel until peace with Gaza achieved
the Jpost.