More Like President than Prime Minister, Netanyahu Takes Charge of Youthful Cabinet
Roused out of the lethargy that marked his re-election campaign, Binyamin Netanyahu followed up on his strong advocacy of governmental
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The Most Coveted Spoils in the Middle East: Gas Pipelines
In celebratory mood, Israel began pumping its first offshore natural gas from the Tamar gas field last week, with the
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Israel Said No to Putin, Exposing Its Gas Fields to Syria’s Yakhont Cruise Missiles – But Gaining US Missile Shield
For months, Russian President Vladimir Putin tried one tactic after another to get hold of a stake for Gazprom in
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Azerbaijan Challenges Iran with a Stake in Israel’s Mediterranean Oil and Gas
Months of acrimonious exchanges between Islamist Iran and its neighbor, the pro-Western secular Azerbaijan, came to a head this week
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US bid to defuse Egyptian-Israeli tensions derailed by Egyptian Islamists
Monday night, April 24, the Obama administration stepped in to damp down the military frictions developing between Jerusalem and Cairo,
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Rush for Mediterranean Gas Pipeline Contracts Draws Big Players. US Holds the Edge
On Monday, January 9, Cyprus Defense Minister Demetris Eliades arrived in Tel Aviv for the signing of two defense pacts
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Turkish warships shell narrow water between Israeli and Cypriot gas fields
Cypriot President Demetris Christofias has warned Turkey to stop its warships shelling the strip of water dividing the Cypriot and
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Its Missions: Rule over Six Seas + Grab for Mediterranean Oil and Gas
Unannounced and unobtrusively, Turkey has embarked on the biggest naval "exercise" it has ever staged in the Mediterranean Sea, although
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Turkish Warships Sent to Challenge Israel
It is not discussed openly in Washington, Jerusalem or Ankara, but privately, high military and intelligence officials in all three
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Cairo opens Gaza crossing, prepares to halt gas to Israel
Egyptian authorities plan to follow up on the permanent opening of the Gaza Strip Rafah crossing – so ending its
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