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Islam, oil and gas ...or a bit of both?

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Submitted by Martin H. Katchen (United States), Dec 27, 2011 at 12:25

This article does not mention what is probably the biggest reason for the end of Turkey's entente with Israel; Israel's joint development, with Cyprus and Noble Energy of Houston, TX, of the large Leviathan gas field. Turkey is claiming that the unrecognized Turkish Cypriot state in the North of Cyprus, has the right to an equal share of all of Cyprus's offshore oil and gas reserves in a bid to force international recognition of North Cyprus. Israel's cooperation with Cyprus (Greek) put Israel at odds with Turkey on a matter Turkey sees as vital. Besides which of course, Israel's development of it's energy reserves is a way of Israel getting uppity and making itself less vulnerable to international pressure.

It literally means that Israel, once it is an oil and gas exporter (the reserves of offshore gas and onshore oil shale are that large) will have the staying power to prosecute a major war for longer than 2 weeks and therefore will have no strategic reason to obey UN or Great Power calls for ceasefire and withdrawal from territory taken as a result of war. It also means that it will be that much harder to enforce any international sanctions against Israel for the same reasons that sanctions against Iran are dificult to enforce. Energy independence for Israel is a repudiation of Israel's state of international dhimmitude and therefore is intolerable to any predominantly Muslim nation.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
Turkey [43 words]sandraJan 20, 2012 16:32192710
1Turkey is headed down a bad path [56 words]steve kJan 16, 2012 19:46192634
1What is happening in Turkey is good [208 words]PrashantJan 16, 2012 23:33192634
3Well Israel has better friends... [27 words]saraJan 13, 2012 17:29192567
1The Fantasy World of Barack Obama [160 words]john w mcginleyDec 28, 2011 10:58192097
2Islam, oil and gas ...or a bit of both? [236 words]Martin H. KatchenDec 27, 2011 12:25192074
8For the time being the Turks are getting ready to jail Jews [155 words]IanusDec 27, 2011 11:17192072
A Meshugee world if there ever was one! [97 words]tezya ZeeJan 17, 2012 23:54192072
Meshuggee Does Not Explain It All [176 words]M. ToveyJan 25, 2012 15:13192072
"Gangster state and perpetrator of multiple genocides" -- hilarious statement of the week. [86 words]Wallace Edward BrandJun 27, 2012 22:05192072
A misundersanding , I presume. [177 words]IanusJun 28, 2012 15:50192072
8Finally - FINALLY! - good sense prevails in Israel [124 words]Raymond in DCDec 26, 2011 11:17192046
Turkey wants the Radar ... [76 words]yBDec 28, 2011 07:33192046
The Prophetic Sense of Israel's Destiny Revealed [291 words]M. ToveyJan 5, 2012 14:22192046
Turkey's national weapon industry [48 words]burhan ucerJan 27, 2012 16:19192046
1And Why Does Turkey Need All Those Weapons again? [112 words]M. ToveyMar 1, 2012 16:29192046
3Slightly naive [59 words]William MallinsonDec 26, 2011 04:53192041

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