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Israel rejects Lebanese revisions to U.S.-mediate maritime deal

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The dispute is over a potentially gas-rich, 330-square-mile disputed area of the Mediterranean Sea with an estimated value reaching billions of dollars. The need for a deal has become especially urgent as the Karish rig, a major Israeli gas project that Israel says is located south of the disputed area, prepares to come online. Hezbollah has called the beginning of production in theKarish rig a red line.

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The Hindu

Israel to reject Lebanon's proposed changes to gas deal

A draft agreement floated by U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein aims to settle claims over offshore gas fields

2 years ago·India

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Reuters

Israel rejects Lebanese revisions to U.S.-mediate maritime deal

JERUSALEM - Israel rejected on Thursday revisions requested by Lebanon to a U.S.-mediated border demarcation proposal, throwing into doubt years of diplomatic efforts to enable both enemy countries to extract gas in or around a disputed Mediterranean prospect. An Israeli official, announcing Prime Minister Yair Lapid's decision to reject the revision requests, added that any further

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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Haaretz

Israel rejects Lebanese objections to maritime deal, source says

Defense Minister Benny Gantz Orders the IDF to Prepare for an Escalation in the North Lapid Orders Israel's Negotiating Team to Reject Lebanon's Objections to the Maritime Agreement on Thursday

2 years ago·Tel Aviv- Yafo, Israel

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Bloomberg

Israel Rejects Changes Lebanon Is Seeking in Maritime Pact

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid rejected the “material” changes that Lebanon is seeking in a US-brokered pact to demarcate a maritime border between the two countries, according to a senior official.

2 years ago·United States

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Arab News

Israeli refusal of Lebanon’s revisions threatens maritime border demarcation agreement

BEIRUT: Israel rejected revisions requested by Lebanon to a US-brokered border demarcation proposal on Thursday, throwing into doubt years of diplomatic efforts to enable the two countries to extract gas in a disputed part of the Mediterranean. Lebanese President Michel Aoun said the revisions made by Lebanon on the deal with Israel guarantee Lebanon’s rights to explore for

2 years ago·Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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