Did Israel Just Lose the Battle for Damascus?

[georgephillip]

How illegal was it for 3 Arab armies in 1967 (supported by 7 other armies) to accumulate troops by the Israeli border threatening to 'drive the Jews to the sea' ??

No less illegal than 650,000 Jews inflicting their nation-state upon 1.2 million Arab in 1948.
A more salient question for today is when will all human beings living under Israeli laws (civil and military) between the River and the sea have an opportunity to vote for those writing the laws?

Your first phrase is just Arab propaganda . Go read some history and see who the instigator was.

650,000 Jews lived among 1.2 million Arabs and others in Mandate Palestine in 1948.
Revise that history, if you can.

 

[toastman]

Nothing was inflicted on no one.

BTW, Why did the European Jews come to Israel ? Did they just come out of nowhere ?

 

[georgephillip]

georgephillip, HistoryBefore67, et al,

Oh come-on now. You are trying to compare apples and oranges. Just because both incidents involved aircraft as the primary weapon, doesn't mean there are events of a similar nature.

No, but you missed my point. And if you think Israel bombed targets within Syria to influence the outcome of their civil war, then you missed Israel's point too.

Why don't you explain how the point of Israel's illegal bombing near Damascus in May of 2013 was different from its illegal bombing of Sqoufiye in April, 1967, if you can.

(COMMENT)

• The April '67 Event was a retaliatory strike; over a border incident by Golan. It was Syrian MiG-21's against Israeli Mirage III's. It was an aerial dogfight over a minor ground dispute. This was a prelude to the '67 War.

• The recent bombings (May '13), on the outskirts of Damascus, was a strike to combat crimes that might be connected with terrorism (Hezbollah), including illicit arms trade, in particular of small arms and light weapons (SA/LW), including man-portable air defense systems, and rockets. Detonations indicate a series of secondary explosions of Iranian-made guided missiles believed to be on their way to Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Each incident should stand on its merit. Don't try to make comparisons on the reasoning and logic when they are entirely separate kinds of events.

The '67 event started over a border incident and one fire-starter for the war, while the '13 event involved the illegal transfer of SA/LW in violation of international law. Entirely different.

Most Respectfully,
R

Rocco...I would suggest each incident has less to do with aircraft and more with His Majesty's intent to inflict a "little loyal Jewish Ulster" in the heart of Arab lands six years after the Royal Navy switched from coal to oil:

"His Majesty's government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine

Zionists have done little else except prejudice the civil and religious rights on non-Jewish communities in and around Palestine since 1948, and the "reasoning and logic" behind the blowback from those crimes probably began with the "Arab Spring."

Balfour Declaration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[georgephillip]

Nothing was inflicted on no one.

BTW, Why did the European Jews come to Israel ? Did they just come out of nowhere ?

Jews fled Europe because of persecution that Arabs played no part in.
I suspect if we followed the money behind the events that drove Jews from Europe and events playing out in the Levant today, we would find some of the same families benefiting financially from both epochs. We would certainly see how the dominant Empire of the day profits from the misery of Jew and Arab alike.

 

[georgephillip]

George, why are you using a blatant hate speech site as a 'source' for information? Do you really think that *expletive deleted* Alison Weir and her cronies are honest or unbiased?

As to the FAS site - that one gave me an error message.....oooh, I know! Someone's obviously trying to censor them for exposing the Truth, right?

"Since the October War in 1973, Washington has provided Israel with a level of support dwarfing the amounts provided to any other state. It has been the largest annual recipient of direct U.S. economic and military assistance since 1976 and the largest total recipient since World War ll. Total direct U.S. aid to Israel amounts to well over $140 billion in 2003 dollars. Israel receives about $3 billion in direct foreign assistance each year, which is roughly one-fifth of America's entire foreign aid budget.

"In per capita terms, the United States gives each Israeli a direct subsidy worth about $500 per year. This largesse is especially striking when one realizes that Israel is now a wealthy industrial state with a per capita income roughly equal to South Korea or Spain.”

- John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt
"The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy"
US Aid to Israel and the Palestinians

"Marg"

I'm pretty sure Alison, John, and Stephen aren't hiding behind aliases on the internet.

 

[RoccoR]

georgephillip, et al,

At the time of the Balfour Declaration, there were absolutely no significant oil finds in the Levant Basin (Syria, Lebanon, Cyprus and Israel).

georgephillip, HistoryBefore67, et al,

Oh come-on now. You are trying to compare apples and oranges. Just because both incidents involved aircraft as the primary weapon, doesn't mean there are events of a similar nature.

Why don't you explain how the point of Israel's illegal bombing near Damascus in May of 2013 was different from its illegal bombing of Sqoufiye in April, 1967, if you can.

(COMMENT)

• The April '67 Event was a retaliatory strike; over a border incident by Golan. It was Syrian MiG-21's against Israeli Mirage III's. It was an aerial dogfight over a minor ground dispute. This was a prelude to the '67 War.

• The recent bombings (May '13), on the outskirts of Damascus, was a strike to combat crimes that might be connected with terrorism (Hezbollah), including illicit arms trade, in particular of small arms and light weapons (SA/LW), including man-portable air defense systems, and rockets. Detonations indicate a series of secondary explosions of Iranian-made guided missiles believed to be on their way to Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Each incident should stand on its merit. Don't try to make comparisons on the reasoning and logic when they are entirely separate kinds of events.

The '67 event started over a border incident and one fire-starter for the war, while the '13 event involved the illegal transfer of SA/LW in violation of international law. Entirely different.

Most Respectfully,
R

Rocco...I would suggest each incident has less to do with aircraft and more with His Majesty's intent to inflict a "little loyal Jewish Ulster" in the heart of Arab lands six years after the Royal Navy switched from coal to oil:

"His Majesty's government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine

Zionists have done little else except prejudice the civil and religious rights on non-Jewish communities in and around Palestine since 1948, and the "reasoning and logic" behind the blowback from those crimes probably began with the "Arab Spring."

Balfour Declaration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

(COMMENT)

Lebanon and Syria were part of the French Mandate, not the British Mandate.

While today, there are some Geological Surveys that the Levant Basin contains around hundred trillion cubic feet of gas and at least billion (possibly two) barrels of oil, there is still a huge amount of exploration and infrastructure that needs to be put in place before anything can be realized. And no major oil company is going to make that kind of investment in countries of the Middle East that are under the thumb of terrorist and radical Islamist. That would include Lebanon (Iranian and Hezbollah influence), Gaza and the West Bank (Hamas and Palestinian influence), and Syria (Assad or Hezbollah or Iranian influences). That leaves just Israel.

But to suggest that oil and gas played a part in the unfolding of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict is way off-base. At the time, there was no indication that those deposits were there, and the technology didn't exist to even make the exploratory effect.

No, that hypothesis is completely wrong. Don't confuse what you know today, with what decisions were made before that knowledge was a factor -- it was not available eight, six or even four decades ago. (2010 Discovery)

The 1917 Balfour Declaration, and the 1919 Arab-Zionist Agreement, (driving forces for what was to follow) have nothing to do with the Arab Spring and the Civil War now raging in Syria. There is simply no connection. And the recent speculation on the Levant Basin potential --- even less.

The Israelis (primarily Zion Gas & Oil) have made some efforts. The finds are fairly recent and haven't made significant progress for the word to jump into media headlines. The Palestinians in Gaza and the Lebanese have made little or no effort, and the Syrians are to busy fighting.

The Map gives a general idea of what the geologic surveys believes to be the boundaries of the reserve. But this information all comes from sources, exploration, and technology outside the Arab Community who have invested nothing in the project; and generally have nothing to contribute (parasitic observers with proximity). It does explain why the Russians are interested.

Most Respectfully,
R

 

[RoccoR]

georgephillip, et al,

I would not cry over this. The Palestinians got their fair share of the American free ride.

George, why are you using a blatant hate speech site as a 'source' for information? Do you really think that *expletive deleted* Alison Weir and her cronies are honest or unbiased?

As to the FAS site - that one gave me an error message.....oooh, I know! Someone's obviously trying to censor them for exposing the Truth, right?

"Since the October War in 1973, Washington has provided Israel with a level of support dwarfing the amounts provided to any other state. It has been the largest annual recipient of direct U.S. economic and military assistance since 1976 and the largest total recipient since World War ll. Total direct U.S. aid to Israel amounts to well over $140 billion in 2003 dollars. Israel receives about $3 billion in direct foreign assistance each year, which is roughly one-fifth of America's entire foreign aid budget.

"In per capita terms, the United States gives each Israeli a direct subsidy worth about $500 per year. This largesse is especially striking when one realizes that Israel is now a wealthy industrial state with a per capita income roughly equal to South Korea or Spain.”

- John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt
"The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy"
US Aid to Israel and the Palestinians

"Marg"

I'm pretty sure Alison, John, and Stephen aren't hiding behind aliases on the internet.

(REFERENCE)

Since the establishment of limited Palestinian self-rule in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the mid-1990s, the U.S. government has committed over $4 billion in bilateral assistance to the Palestinians, who are among the world’s largest per capita recipients of international foreign aid. Successive Administrations have requested aid for the Palestinians to support at least three major U.S. policy priorities of interest to Congress:

• Preventing terrorism against Israel from Hamas and other militant organizations.
• Fostering stability, prosperity, and self-governance in the West Bank that inclines Palestinians toward peaceful coexistence with Israel and a “two-state solution”.
• Meeting humanitarian needs.​

Since June 2007, these U.S. policy priorities have crystallized around the factional and geographical split between the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

SOURCE: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RS22967.pdf

(COMMENT)

It is my opinion that the US should cut-off all aid to the Palestinians, and all aid to any country that lends assistance to the Palestinians. The Palestinians do not further any of the causes put forth as major policy priorities of interest to Congress or the American people. US Foreign Aid is not a right and privilege the Palestinians have earned.

Economically speaking, the answer to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Project is to cut American Aid of all sorts to Gaza and the West Bank. Let them make payroll on their own.

Most Respectfully,
R

 

[P F Tinmore]

georgephillip, et al,

I would not cry over this. The Palestinians got their fair share of the American free ride.

George, why are you using a blatant hate speech site as a 'source' for information? Do you really think that *expletive deleted* Alison Weir and her cronies are honest or unbiased?

As to the FAS site - that one gave me an error message.....oooh, I know! Someone's obviously trying to censor them for exposing the Truth, right?

"Since the October War in 1973, Washington has provided Israel with a level of support dwarfing the amounts provided to any other state. It has been the largest annual recipient of direct U.S. economic and military assistance since 1976 and the largest total recipient since World War ll. Total direct U.S. aid to Israel amounts to well over $140 billion in 2003 dollars. Israel receives about $3 billion in direct foreign assistance each year, which is roughly one-fifth of America's entire foreign aid budget.

"In per capita terms, the United States gives each Israeli a direct subsidy worth about $500 per year. This largesse is especially striking when one realizes that Israel is now a wealthy industrial state with a per capita income roughly equal to South Korea or Spain.”

- John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt
"The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy"
US Aid to Israel and the Palestinians

"Marg"

I'm pretty sure Alison, John, and Stephen aren't hiding behind aliases on the internet.

(REFERENCE)

Since the establishment of limited Palestinian self-rule in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the mid-1990s, the U.S. government has committed over $4 billion in bilateral assistance to the Palestinians, who are among the world’s largest per capita recipients of international foreign aid. Successive Administrations have requested aid for the Palestinians to support at least three major U.S. policy priorities of interest to Congress:

• Preventing terrorism against Israel from Hamas and other militant organizations.
• Fostering stability, prosperity, and self-governance in the West Bank that inclines Palestinians toward peaceful coexistence with Israel and a “two-state solution”.
• Meeting humanitarian needs.​

Since June 2007, these U.S. policy priorities have crystallized around the factional and geographical split between the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

SOURCE: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RS22967.pdf

(COMMENT)

It is my opinion that the US should cut-off all aid to the Palestinians, and all aid to any country that lends assistance to the Palestinians. The Palestinians do not further any of the causes put forth as major policy priorities of interest to Congress or the American people. US Foreign Aid is not a right and privilege the Palestinians have earned.

Economically speaking, the answer to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Project is to cut American Aid of all sorts to Gaza and the West Bank. Let them make payroll on their own.

Most Respectfully,
R

The money "given to the Palestinians" benefits Israel.

 

[toastman]

How so ?

 

[RoccoR]

et al,

You can't win with this mentality.

et al,The money "given to the Palestinians" benefits Israel.

How so ?

(COMMENT)

• If you give money to the Palestinians, then you help Israel. The US is wrong to give money to the Palestinians.

• If you stop giving money to the Palestinians, then you help Israel. The US is wrong again.

Most Respectfully,
R

 

[toastman]

The question is, what would happen if the U.S stopped giving money to the Palestinians ?

 

[P F Tinmore]

How so ?

You meed to get out more. From the above link:

The USSC/INL security assistance program exists alongside other assistance and training
programs provided to Palestinian security forces and intelligence organizations by various other
countries and the European Union (EU).45 Some reports cite the probable existence of covert U.S.
assistance programs as well.46 By most accounts, the PA forces receiving training have shown
increased professionalism and have helped substantially improve law and order and lower the
profile of terrorist organizations in West Bank cities.47 Israeli officials generally support the
USSC/INL program, routinely citing both the PA forces’ greater effectiveness as well as increased
and sustained levels of Israel-PA security cooperation in the West Bank since the program began.
This cooperation, however, renders the PA vulnerable to criticism from Hamas and others seeking
to undermine the PA’s popular credibility as a champion of Palestinian national aspirations.48
Additionally, the aspiration to coordinate international security assistance efforts and to
consolidate the various PA security forces under unified civilian control that is accountable to rule
of law and to human rights norms remains largely unfulfilled. PA forces have come under
criticism for the political targeting of Hamas—in collaboration with Israel and the United
States—through massive shutdowns and forced leadership changes to West Bank charities with
alleged ties to Hamas members and through reportedly arbitrary detentions of Hamas members and supporters.

 

[RoccoR]

P F Tinmore, toastman, et al,

So what's your point? This is standard cut'n'paste DOS PR type stuff. If you want to know a little bit more about the overall picture:

• U.S. Security Assistance to the Palestinian Authority http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/R40664.pdf

How so ?

You meed to get out more. From the above link:

The USSC/INL security assistance program exists alongside other assistance and training programs provided to Palestinian security forces and intelligence organizations by various other countries and the European Union (EU).45 Some reports cite the probable existence of covert U.S. assistance programs as well.

(QUESTION)

I am very familiar with the State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), and the Office of the Security Coordinator (USSC). At several times, while working in the Middle East and Persian Gulf, I worked right down the hall from them. In fact once, while providing direct security assistance to them, I got my ass chewed-out for doing so by the Office of Diplomatic Security (DSS).

What's your beef with them?

Most Respectfully,
R

 

[P F Tinmore]

P F Tinmore, toastman, et al,

So what's your point? This is standard cut'n'paste DOS PR type stuff. If you want to know a little bit more about the overall picture:

• U.S. Security Assistance to the Palestinian Authority http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/R40664.pdf

How so ?

You meed to get out more. From the above link:

The USSC/INL security assistance program exists alongside other assistance and training programs provided to Palestinian security forces and intelligence organizations by various other countries and the European Union (EU).45 Some reports cite the probable existence of covert U.S. assistance programs as well.

(QUESTION)

I am very familiar with the State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), and the Office of the Security Coordinator (USSC). At several times, while working in the Middle East and Persian Gulf, I worked right down the hall from them. In fact once, while providing direct security assistance to them, I got my ass chewed-out for doing so by the Office of Diplomatic Security (DSS).

What's your beef with them?

Most Respectfully,
R

The "security coordination" with Israel violates the Palestinian constitution and/or international law.

The Goldstone report alleged some of these violations.

 

[RoccoR]

P F Tinmore, toastman, et al,

I don't think you understand the language and the mission of INL.

The "security coordination" with Israel violates the Palestinian constitution and/or international law.

The Goldstone report alleged some of these violations.

(RESEARCH)

Since Hamas gained control of the Gaza Strip, the office of the U.S. Security Coordinator (USSC) for Israel and the Palestinian Authority (a three-star U.S. general, supported as of late 2011 by U.S. and allied staff and military officers from the United Kingdom, Canada, and seven other countries) has worked in coordination with the State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) to help train roughly 1,000 PA Presidential Guard and 4,200 PA National Security Forces (NSF) troops at the International Police Training Center near Amman, Jordan. The USSC and INL reportedly plan to help organize and train a total of approximately 6,000 troops, including 10 500-man NSF battalions (approximately eight of which have already been trained or begun training). At a July 12, 2011, hearing before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, Lieutenant General Michael Moeller, the current USSC, outlined some changes in emphasis for the USSC/INL program for
FY2012:

This year, we will transition the program into the next phase of our campaign plan: Building institutional capacity. This new phase is less resource intensive as we move away from primarily providing the Palestinian security forces with equipment and infrastructure toward an increasingly direct “advise and assist” role.

In this phase, we will help the PASF develop indigenous readiness, training, and logistics programs and the capability to maintain/sustain their force structure readiness and infrastructure. Additionally, the USSC will continue to support other US rule of law programs that assist the Palestinians to improve the performance of the Justice and Corrections Sectors.

SOURCE: Congressional Research Service 7-5700 www.crs.gov RS22967​

(QUESTION)

What specifically did you want them to do? They don't work outside of their mandate and Congressional Authorization.

(COMMENT)

This is just another freebee I think we should drop from the Palestinian handout.

Most Respectfully,
R

 

[P F Tinmore]

P F Tinmore, toastman, et al,

I don't think you understand the language and the mission of INL.

The "security coordination" with Israel violates the Palestinian constitution and/or international law.

The Goldstone report alleged some of these violations.

(RESEARCH)

Since Hamas gained control of the Gaza Strip, the office of the U.S. Security Coordinator (USSC) for Israel and the Palestinian Authority (a three-star U.S. general, supported as of late 2011 by U.S. and allied staff and military officers from the United Kingdom, Canada, and seven other countries) has worked in coordination with the State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) to help train roughly 1,000 PA Presidential Guard and 4,200 PA National Security Forces (NSF) troops at the International Police Training Center near Amman, Jordan. The USSC and INL reportedly plan to help organize and train a total of approximately 6,000 troops, including 10 500-man NSF battalions (approximately eight of which have already been trained or begun training). At a July 12, 2011, hearing before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, Lieutenant General Michael Moeller, the current USSC, outlined some changes in emphasis for the USSC/INL program for
FY2012:

This year, we will transition the program into the next phase of our campaign plan: Building institutional capacity. This new phase is less resource intensive as we move away from primarily providing the Palestinian security forces with equipment and infrastructure toward an increasingly direct “advise and assist” role.

In this phase, we will help the PASF develop indigenous readiness, training, and logistics programs and the capability to maintain/sustain their force structure readiness and infrastructure. Additionally, the USSC will continue to support other US rule of law programs that assist the Palestinians to improve the performance of the Justice and Corrections Sectors.

SOURCE: Congressional Research Service 7-5700 www.crs.gov RS22967​

(QUESTION)

What specifically did you want them to do? They don't work outside of their mandate and Congressional Authorization.

(COMMENT)

This is just another freebee I think we should drop from the Palestinian handout.

Most Respectfully,
R

What have they done that actually benefit the Palestinians?

 

[RoccoR]

P F Tinmore, toastman, et al,

I think the Bilateral Assistance to the Palestinians, FY2013, for International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement is about $70 million, total.

What have they done that actually benefit the Palestinians?

(COMMENT)

I am not here to promote the relative merits of the programs. That is done in Congressional Hearings.

If you find these programs unproductive, I suggest that you encourage Hamas to discontinue those assistance programs, and ensure your Congressional Representative knows your feeling on the matter. That is how it is done.

I'm sure that US Taxpayer will not mind.

Most Respectfully,
R

 

[georgephillip]

The question is, what would happen if the U.S stopped giving money to the Palestinians ?

Here's an even better question; what would happen if the US stopped giving money to Israel?

 

[georgephillip]

georgephillip, et al,

At the time of the Balfour Declaration, there were absolutely no significant oil finds in the Levant Basin (Syria, Lebanon, Cyprus and Israel).

georgephillip, HistoryBefore67, et al,

Oh come-on now. You are trying to compare apples and oranges. Just because both incidents involved aircraft as the primary weapon, doesn't mean there are events of a similar nature.


(COMMENT)

• The April '67 Event was a retaliatory strike; over a border incident by Golan. It was Syrian MiG-21's against Israeli Mirage III's. It was an aerial dogfight over a minor ground dispute. This was a prelude to the '67 War.

• The recent bombings (May '13), on the outskirts of Damascus, was a strike to combat crimes that might be connected with terrorism (Hezbollah), including illicit arms trade, in particular of small arms and light weapons (SA/LW), including man-portable air defense systems, and rockets. Detonations indicate a series of secondary explosions of Iranian-made guided missiles believed to be on their way to Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Each incident should stand on its merit. Don't try to make comparisons on the reasoning and logic when they are entirely separate kinds of events.

The '67 event started over a border incident and one fire-starter for the war, while the '13 event involved the illegal transfer of SA/LW in violation of international law. Entirely different.

Most Respectfully,
R

Rocco...I would suggest each incident has less to do with aircraft and more with His Majesty's intent to inflict a "little loyal Jewish Ulster" in the heart of Arab lands six years after the Royal Navy switched from coal to oil:

"His Majesty's government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine

Zionists have done little else except prejudice the civil and religious rights on non-Jewish communities in and around Palestine since 1948, and the "reasoning and logic" behind the blowback from those crimes probably began with the "Arab Spring."

Balfour Declaration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

(COMMENT)

Lebanon and Syria were part of the French Mandate, not the British Mandate.

While today, there are some Geological Surveys that the Levant Basin contains around hundred trillion cubic feet of gas and at least billion (possibly two) barrels of oil, there is still a huge amount of exploration and infrastructure that needs to be put in place before anything can be realized. And no major oil company is going to make that kind of investment in countries of the Middle East that are under the thumb of terrorist and radical Islamist. That would include Lebanon (Iranian and Hezbollah influence), Gaza and the West Bank (Hamas and Palestinian influence), and Syria (Assad or Hezbollah or Iranian influences). That leaves just Israel.

But to suggest that oil and gas played a part in the unfolding of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict is way off-base. At the time, there was no indication that those deposits were there, and the technology didn't exist to even make the exploratory effect.

No, that hypothesis is completely wrong. Don't confuse what you know today, with what decisions were made before that knowledge was a factor -- it was not available eight, six or even four decades ago. (2010 Discovery)

The 1917 Balfour Declaration, and the 1919 Arab-Zionist Agreement, (driving forces for what was to follow) have nothing to do with the Arab Spring and the Civil War now raging in Syria. There is simply no connection. And the recent speculation on the Levant Basin potential --- even less.

The Israelis (primarily Zion Gas & Oil) have made some efforts. The finds are fairly recent and haven't made significant progress for the word to jump into media headlines. The Palestinians in Gaza and the Lebanese have made little or no effort, and the Syrians are to busy fighting.

The Map gives a general idea of what the geologic surveys believes to be the boundaries of the reserve. But this information all comes from sources, exploration, and technology outside the Arab Community who have invested nothing in the project; and generally have nothing to contribute (parasitic observers with proximity). It does explain why the Russians are interested.

Most Respectfully,
R

It explains why BP, Chevron, Conoco-Phillips, France's Total and Italy's ENI are interested as well, Rocco. It goes a long way toward explaining Israel's and Turkey's obsession with militarizing the eastern coastline of the Mediterranean, thus making "secure" the supply of Azeri oil that meets 20% of Israel's current need.

The prime reason why "...Palestinians in Gaza and the Lebanese have made little or no effort, and the Syrians are too busy fighting" stems from their close proximity to the Zionist parasite's Original Sin of expunging 750,000 Arabs from their homes in Palestine in 1948 and into Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria.

The War on Lebanon and the Battle for Oil | Global Research

 

[toastman]

Israel GDP is a bit over $240 billion, so probably nothing.

BTW, I guess this isn't a good time to present you with this article:

US House c'tee triples missile funding to Israel | JPost | Israel News

You mad, bro ?