TheAltWorld Understanding the Lebanon-Israel deal over offshore gas fields
- Rania Khalek
- Monday 24 Oct 22
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Rania Khalek of BreakThrough News explains the recent deal between Lebanon and Israel over offshore gas fields.
She explains the history of the dispute, the obstacles in the way of the deal, and the role of various players, including the US and Hezbollah. She also talks about the implications of the deal for the countries and the region.
Rania Khalek
Rania Khalek is an award-winning Lebanese-American journalist and host of Dispatches on Breakthrough News, where she investigates the global consequences of imperialism, war, and systemic oppression. With over a decade of frontline reporting from conflict zones and marginalized communities, her work has been featured in The Nation, The Intercept, Al Jazeera, FAIR, and The Electronic Intifada, where she served on the editorial board.
Marina Landwehr
Rania, many thanks for the explanation. That was very helpful. I would only suggest that you might want to keep in mind that some of your listeners might have only a very sketchy understanding of the issue and it would help if you could give the main points without going too much into detail. Too many details distract.
And I did not quite catch the last point – why do you think that expected revenues from gas extraction would not help Lebanon to shake off poverty and dependency?