Billion Dollar Israeli Gas Grab Behind Past 15 Years Of War On Gaza

When gas was discovered in Palestine in 1999, Yasser Arafat proclaimed it was a “gift from God.” So what’s stopping the country from exploiting that gas to the tune of an estimated $2.5 billion to $7 billion, and relieving a host of development problems? MintPress investigates.

Sean Nevins
By Sean Nevins
An elderly Palestinian walks past a destroyed building in Gaza

Energy consumption in the Mediterranean is estimated to increase by up to 50 percent over the next 25 years. The heightened demand comes at a time when gas in the Levant Basin, estimated to contain 1.7 billion barrels of recoverable oil and an average of 122 trillion cubic feet of gas, is being divvied up among nations with territorial claims to

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Russia: New Pipeline Will Go Ahead Despite Setback

Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday “there are absolutely no changes in plans, I have absolutely no doubt that this halt is only temporary.”

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Serbia Gas

BELGRADE, Serbia — Russia's foreign minister insists the EU's order to halt construction work on the South Stream pipeline in Bulgaria is only a brief delay in the project planned to bypass Ukraine as a transit country and consolidate Russia's energy grip in Europe. Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday "there are absolutely no changes in plans, I have

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Ukraine’s U-turn On EU Agreements Hearkens Back To Cold War Climate

President Yanukovych finds himself in an uncomfortable position, having to reconcile irreconcilable forces.

Magda Fahsi
By Magda Fahsi

BRUSSELS --- The Ukrainian president announced on Nov. 21 that he would not sign a political Association Agreement and an economic Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA) with the European Union, leaving the Europeans empty-handed just days before what was hoped to be a historical summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, and facing the near

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Greenpeace Ship Seized, Crew Taken Hostage By Russian Security Agents

“The real threat to the Russian Arctic comes not from the crew of the Arctic Sunrise but from Gazprom, ” Greenpeace said.

Jon Queally
By Jon Queally

Armed agents—from Russia's coast guard service, its security agency the FSB, or both—stormed the ship of Greenpeace activists trying to save the Arctic region from oil and gas drilling on Thursday, and after more than 12 hours without communication, the 'seized' Arctic Sunrise on Friday morning is reportedly heading back towards Russian-controlled

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