Israel-Lebanon Negotiations over Offshore Gas Fields Are Bound to Fail
“Not with Hochstein, Frankenstein, or any other Stein.”
June 20, 2022
Israel-Lebanon Negotiations over Offshore Gas Fields Are Bound to Fail
“Not with Hochstein, Frankenstein, or any other Stein.”
Last week, the U.S. envoy for energy affairs Amos Hochstein traveled to Beirut to negotiate the delineation of the maritime border between Israel and Lebanon. A successful agreement would, in principle, allow both nations to exploit their respective offshore natural-gas reserves. Eran Lerman explains why these efforts are unlikely to succeed, especially given Lebanon’s habit of increasing its demands whenever a compromise is in sight:
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