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The unrealized potential of Palestinian oil and gas reserves

https://unctad.org/news/unrealized-potential-palestinian-oil-and-gas-reserves

Geologists and resources economists have confirmed that the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) lies above sizeable reservoirs of oil and natural gas wealth, in Area C of the West Bank and the Mediterranean coast off the Gaza Strip, according to a recent UNCTAD study.

An old article, but context I didn't know.

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afellowkid

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Richard Medhurst posted a couple of videos recently talking about this:

Part 1 - "Israel and the United States want the giant amounts of gas in Gaza, and to create a rival to China's New Silk Road."

Image from Medhurst's video showing a map of the area where an India-Europe economic corridor would run via Israel

Map of an Israel-Europe gas pipeline

Part 2 - "Israel and the United States plan to turn Gaza into the "Ben Gurion Canal", a rival to Egypt's Suez Canal. This is about controlling the world's most geostrategic shipping lane."

Map of potential Ben Gurion canal which would run right next to or through Gaza