1、HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OFTHE ISRAELI-LEBANESEMARITIME DEALHANIN GHADDAROCTOBER 26,2022COMMENTARYAfter years of stalling and hedging,a major economic collapse in Lebanon,multiple unstable governments in Israel,andthreats of violence,the United States has successfully brokered a maritime border agreemen
2、t between Beirut andJerusalem.War has been averted,and everyone is happy.At least for now.Israel will receive the most immediate benefits from this deal,as it can now quickly begin to exploit existing energyreserves in the Karish gas field.Lebanon may benefit as well,but it has more challenges to wo
3、rk through.Without reformsto the energy sector,profits from any future gas finds may end up in the hands of the political elite,lining their pocketsand doing little for ordinary citizens.Hizballah,for its part,has seen its resistance rhetoric take a major blow with itspublic recognition of Israel.Yet there are fears that it may now turn its weapons against the internal Lebaneseopposition.
升级VIP 