Posts Tagged: lebanon
Aoun’s Presidency Ends Leaving Power Vacuum in Crisis-Hit Lebanon
Michel Aoun, the 89-year-old Christian president who presided over Lebanon's cataclysmic financial meltdown and the deadly Beirut port blast, left the presidential palace on Sunday...
‘Diplomatic Achievement’: Israel Signs Lebanon Border Agreement, Ending Decades-Long Dispute
Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday signed the US-mediated maritime border agreement with Lebanon resolving a decades-long dispute over territorial rights and the exploitation of...
What’s Behind the New Israel-Lebanon Maritime Deal?
In the coming days, Israel and Lebanon are expected to sign a US-mediated agreement that regulates their maritime border, and respective rights to extract natural...
Israel Caves to a Bad Maritime Deal
JNS.org - Israel and Lebanon’s recent maritime border agreement is flawed in several ways. There was no reason for Israel to give up all of...
Israeli High Court Rejects Appeals Against Lebanon Maritime Border Agreement Paving Way to Signing Landmark Deal
Israel’s Supreme Court of Justice on Sunday rejected a series of legal appeals against the US-mediated maritime border agreement with Lebanon clearing the last hurdle...
Lebanon, Syria Discuss Sea Border after Beirut’s Israel Deal
Lebanese President Michel Aoun and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday discussed delineating their countries' shared maritime border, a Lebanese official said. A dispute over their...
Why is Hezbollah Celebrating the Israel-Lebanon Maritime Agreement?
JNS.org – Last Tuesday, Israel’s interim government agreed to a deal with the government of Lebanon involving the offshore Karish gas field. Lebanon claimed that...
Majority of Israelis Support Maritime Deal, Poll Shows
i24 News - The majority of Israelis support the maritime border deal with Lebanon, believing it was the appropriate measure notwithstanding the coincidence with the...
Israeli Defense Chief: Maritime Deal With Lebanon ‘Reduces Chances of Escalation’
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Thursday evening that the recent agreement to establish a maritime boundary line between Israel and Lebanon would bolster...
Israeli Government Approves Historic Maritime Border Deal with Lebanon; Netanyahu says Israel “Surrendered” to Hezbollah
Israel’s security cabinet on Wednesday voted to approve the newly negotiated permanent maritime border between Israel and Lebanon. The landmark deal aims to resolve a...
Biden Congratulates Israel, Lebanon on Maritime Border Deal
US President Joe Biden spoke with the leaders of Israel and Lebanon on Tuesday to congratulate them over what the United States sees as a historic...
Israel, Lebanon Reach ‘Historic’ Maritime Border Deal
i24 News - Prime Minister Yair Lapid said on Tuesday that Israel reached a historic agreement with Lebanon on the maritime border deal. Lapid will hold...
Lebanon to Review Long-Anticipated Maritime Deal With Israel
Lebanon's president on Sunday said he was expecting to shortly receive a final draft of a proposed maritime deal between his country and Israel, days...
Israel’s Defense Minister Greenlights Karish Gas Rig Testing
i24 News – Israel's Defense Minister Benny Gantz has given the greenlight to Energean to start testing the Karish gas rig amid stalled maritime border...
