Lebanon
Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu opposes the agreement on the grounds that it sends money to Hezbollah and allows Iran to get its hands on the Qana gas field.
Beirut and Jerusalem are set to approve the latest version of the proposal.
Netanyahu: Pressure from Israeli opposition forced Lapid to withdraw from maritime deal with Lebanon
“Nasrallah threatened - and Lapid folded,” tweeted opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday.
Lapid rejects Lebanese ‘amendments’ to maritime border deal
“Israel will not compromise on its security and economic interests in any manner, even if that means that there will not be an agreement soon,” says a senior Israeli political source.
David Schenker says the proposed deal is good for Lebanon, but “does nothing to alleviate tensions along the Blue Line.”
Brig. Gen. (res.) Erez David Maisel says both nations win economically, but Hezbollah also wins by tightening its control over the Land of the Cedars.
The former U.S. envoy to Jerusalem said an agreement had been close wherein Israel would get around half of the disputed maritime territory.
Offshore natural gas a “golden opportunity” for Lebanon, Hezbollah chief says.
The Israeli defense minister was referencing disupted gas-rich waters.
“We’re talking about weeks—actually days—to finish the delineation issue,” says the head of Lebanon’s General Security Agency.
As tension again spikes between the Iranian-backed proxy and Israel, observers flag key milestones in the evolution of the most heavily armed terror entity, and its leader, Hassan Nasrallah.
As tensions with Hezbollah rise, Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi adds that IDF does not rule out preemptive attack.
