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Lebanon-Israel dispute over off-shore gas fields veers into dangerous waters

Rania Khalek of BreakThrough News talks about the escalating tensions on the issue of off-shore gas fields which Lebanon and Israel claim and the dangerous contribution of US ‘mediation’

Tensions have been escalating over natural gas fields in the Mediterranean Sea which Israel and Lebanon have disputes over. While Israel seeks to intensify production activity and benefits from US mediation, anger is mounting in Lebanon over it being denied its claims.

Rania Khalek of BreakThrough News explains the disagreements and how it plays into various regional processes.

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Rania Khalek is a Middle East-based journalist for Breakthrough News. . Her journalism has appeared at The Grayzone, Jacobin, The Nation, The Intercept, FAIR, Vice, The Electronic Intifada, Al Jazeera and more. .

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