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More Middle Eastern complications
In a very interesting turn of events, Bahrain has become the first Arab country to blacklist the Hezbollah terrorist group: Bahrain on Tuesday became the first Arab country to officially blacklist the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, … Continue reading
Posted in International relations, Mideast news
Tagged Bahrain, Cyprus, EU, Golan, Hezbollah, Ioannis Kasoulides, Lebanon, Syria, terrorism, terrorists, Turkey
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Israel begins its energy independence as natural gas flows from Tamar field to Ashdod
This news is too good to hold on to for a whole week until my next Good News Friday post. Israel’s Tamar offshore natural gas field began pumping its gas to Ashdod’s intake center, four years after its discovery: The … Continue reading
Posted in energy sources, International relations
Tagged Cyprus, Egypt, Leviathan, Mediterranean, natgas, natural gas, Russia, Tamar
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Good News Friday
Here’s the latest installment in my Good News Friday series. My first item comes from the world of literature against the background of “BDS syndrome”. The Spanish writer Antonio Munoz Molina received the Jerusalem Prize and refused to give in … Continue reading
Posted in Culture & Arts, energy sources, Technology
Tagged Albert Munoz Molina, BDS, Cyprus, Delek, good news Friday, India, Jerusalem Prize, Leviathan, nano-filtration, natural gas, Noble Energy, Noyyal River, pollution, Tamar, water, Yoram Oren
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Lebanese terror suspect detained in Cyprus for targeting Israeli tourists
The Cypriot authorities have detained a Lebanese national for plotting attacks against Israeli nationals on the island. An attack against Israeli tourists in Cyprus appears to have been preempted by the arrest of a Lebanese man who had been tracking … Continue reading
The enemy of my enemy, and with friends like these…
Recently there have been several strange and conflicting, not to mention confusing, items of interest regarding Israel, Turkey, the US, and Iran with its nuclear program. We first learned a few days ago that Azerbaijan had granted access to Israel … Continue reading
Posted in energy sources, International relations, Mideast news
Tagged Administration, air fields, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, gas fields, Greece, Iran, Israel, military exercise, natural gas, terrorism, Turkey, US
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Israel consolidates its regional alliances
A couple of events this past week demonstrate how Israel is strengthening its alliances in the Mediterranean basin. The Israeli Air Force announced that it will be buying its new training jets from Italy, upsetting contender South Korea in the … Continue reading
Posted in International relations, Israel news
Tagged Cyprus, energy, IAF, Israel, Italy, jet, South Korea, trainer, Turkey
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