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Lebanon parliament approves border demarcation

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Lebanon’s parliament approved the demarcation of the country’s maritime border amid a dispute with Israel over the drilling for natural gas and oil in the Mediterranean Sea.

“We had to pass this law without delay, especially because Israel and Cyprus have started to drill for oil,” Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said today during the house session. Lebanon is expected to submit the law, which allows the country to define its exclusive economic zone and explore resources, to the United Nations.

Israel’s cabinet approved on July 10 the demarcation of its northern maritime border after Lebanon complained that Israel’s drilling for natural gas and oil in the Mediterranean Sea encroached on its territory. Lebanon’s militant group Hezbollah, which fought a war with Israel in 2006, has pledged to protect the country’s offshore resources.

Lebanon has asked the UN to adopt measures to prevent a conflict with Israel over energy exploration in areas that may fall within Lebanese territorial waters. Israel’s agreement last year with Cyprus to set maritime borders for the purpose of energy exploration “is a violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty and economic rights,” Lebanese Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour said in a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in June.

Israel has discovered two gas fields, Tamar and Leviathan, off its Mediterranean coast. Together they hold an estimated 25 trillion cubic feet of the fuel. Investors in the sites include Noble Energy Inc. (NBL) of Houston, and Israeli companies Delek Drilling-LP, Delek Energy Systems Inc., Avner Exploration-LP and Ratio Oil Exploration 1992 LP. (RATIL)

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25 responses to “Lebanon parliament approves border demarcation”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Lebanon is damn far behind on a lot of things – no thanks to certain idiots who think running a country can be done with guns or ‘dialogue’ and none of the elected theoretical representatives sitting.

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    Anonymous

    Lebanon is damn far behind on a lot of things – no thanks to certain idiots who think running a country can be done with guns or ‘dialogue’ and none of the elected theoretical representatives sitting.

  3. Leborigine Avatar
    Leborigine

    Seriously, what can I say. This website sometimes drives my sugar levels through the roof!!
    Berri is in a hurry to demarcate the ocean while our land borders are being raped. Its like eating through your arse and pooing out of your mouth, which is pretty much what you do on a daily basis.
    Finalise the Lebanese/syrian (unfortunately) borders and the Lebanese/israeli (unfortunately as well) borders before approving the maritime borders.
    Once again syria gets special treatment from its loyalists in Lebanon, Berri wants maritime borders with Cyprus and israel, what about syria?? Is the ocean ours all the way up to turkey and Greece? Absolutely pathetic!!

    1. antar2011 Avatar
      antar2011

      the question is…why is he in a rush NOW to demarcate the maritime border when his arsenship delayed it before?

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        Nasrallah wants something else to fight about.

        1. antar2011 Avatar
          antar2011

          yes you are right… because he cannot be in a state of peace he needs to fight all the time…to exist.

        2. antar2011 Avatar
          antar2011

          yes you are right… because he cannot be in a state of peace he needs to fight all the time…to exist.

      2. Leborigine Avatar
        Leborigine

        Maybe iran or syria are pressuring him to do so or as 5thDrawer suggested below as well, anything is possible!!
        I just do not understand the love these Pricks have for syria??! 
        Just for once, I would like to see anyone from M8 stand for Lebanon and tell syria to F%$# off and I will gaurantee you that he/she will have the whole Lebanese population behind them. 
        The syrian leader must be doing something right to keep his proxies in Lebanon happy!!

        1. antar2011 Avatar
          antar2011

          he is in a rush now to have a piece of the cake….perhaps the whole cake..

          they keep them in power and gives them weapons to intimidate their opposition…what more could they ask for?..wlaad el 7aram?

        2. antar2011 Avatar
          antar2011

          alla hyer7am rafeeq Harriri…he told them f**k off nicely but still they murdered him.

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    Anonymous

    Seriously, what can I say. This website sometimes drives my sugar levels through the roof!!
    Berri is in a hurry to demarcate the ocean while our land borders are being raped. Its like eating through your arse and pooing out of your mouth, which is pretty much what you do on a daily basis.
    Finalise the Lebanese/syrian (unfortunately) borders and the Lebanese/israeli (unfortunately as well) borders before approving the maritime borders.
    Once again syria gets special treatment from its loyalists in Lebanon, Berri wants maritime borders with Cyprus and israel, what about syria?? Is the ocean ours all the way up to turkey and Greece? Absolutely pathetic!!

    1. Avatar
      Anonymous

      the question is…why is he in a rush NOW to demarcate the maritime border when his arsenship delayed it before?

      1. Avatar
        Anonymous

        Nasrallah wants something else to fight about.

        1. Avatar
          Anonymous

          yes you are right… because he cannot be in a state of peace he needs to fight all the time…to exist.

      2. Avatar
        Anonymous

        Maybe iran or syria are pressuring him to do so or as 5thDrawer suggested below as well, anything is possible!!
        I just do not understand the love these Pricks have for syria??! 
        Just for once, I would like to see anyone from M8 stand for Lebanon and tell syria to F%$# off and I will gaurantee you that he/she will have the whole Lebanese population behind them. 
        The syrian leader must be doing something right to keep his proxies in Lebanon happy!!

        1. Avatar
          Anonymous

          he is in a rush now to have a piece of the cake….perhaps the whole cake..

          they keep them in power and gives them weapons to intimidate their opposition…what more could they ask for?..wlaad el 7aram?

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          Anonymous

          alla hyer7am rafeeq Harriri…he told them f**k off nicely but still they murdered him.

  5. kindman242 Avatar
    kindman242

    I hope you go to hell very soon Mr. Berri, along with your masters in Syrian Regime, worrying about a maritime border and forgetting about our land border with Syria and Israel, and who is going to enforce the maritime border from violations , the lebanese state with its army or Hezbollah army which you want to be the state , right?, go to hell Mr. Berri.

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    Anonymous

    I hope you go to hell very soon Mr. Berri, along with your masters in Syrian Regime, worrying about a maritime border and forgetting about our land border with Syria and Israel, and who is going to enforce the maritime border from violations , the lebanese state with its army or Hezbollah army which you want to be the state , right?, go to hell Mr. Berri.

  7. Constantin7 Avatar
    Constantin7

    If the land is demarcated between Syria and Lebanon, the Lebanese are going to be chocked by the amount of land the Syrians are occupying and cultivating and using. It could be a cause of war between Syria and Lebanon, or at least between 2 normal neighbours.The other day, 2 Lebanese citizens went up the hills from Anjar to take photos of Anjar, they were caught by the Syrian army and upheld for several hours before being released. Anyone who knows the geography of Lebanon and who has been in Syria knows that Anjar is way far from the Syrian border because it is way west from the Lebanese customs at the border. When you cross the Lebanese customs you have to still drive for 10 minutes, at least, to cross the real border and then another ten minutes to arrive to the Syrian customs. So having the Syrian army so close to Anjar, in the hills above it, is a complete violation of our sovereignty and a real occupation that people like Berri choose to ignore. But one day will come where a real government will demarcate the land border and recuperate our land from our “sister” Syria.
    This said, I am completely for the demarcation of our waters too from the extreme north to the extreme south. This legislation passed by the parliament is good but not complete.

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Talk to the shepherd  boy in the south who’s goats or sheep were stolen from him by Syrians on his pasture – and who was  threatened to not return.

    2. Jay Kanousis Avatar
      Jay Kanousis

       Sounds good, but how do you intend to get the Hezzies to release their stranglehold on Lebanon?  One way is if both the Syrian and Iranian regimes are toppled, but I wouldn’t hold my breath.

      Once that happens then one could suppose that their would be a smart government which will put Lebanon’s interests first instead of Syria’s or Iran’s.

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    Anonymous

    If the land is demarcated between Syria and Lebanon, the Lebanese are going to be chocked by the amount of land the Syrians are occupying and cultivating and using. It could be a cause of war between Syria and Lebanon, or at least between 2 normal neighbours.The other day, 2 Lebanese citizens went up the hills from Anjar to take photos of Anjar, they were caught by the Syrian army and upheld for several hours before being released. Anyone who knows the geography of Lebanon and who has been in Syria knows that Anjar is way far from the Syrian border because it is way west from the Lebanese customs at the border. When you cross the Lebanese customs you have to still drive for 10 minutes, at least, to cross the real border and then another ten minutes to arrive to the Syrian customs. So having the Syrian army so close to Anjar, in the hills above it, is a complete violation of our sovereignty and a real occupation that people like Berri choose to ignore. But one day will come where a real government will demarcate the land border and recuperate our land from our “sister” Syria.
    This said, I am completely for the demarcation of our waters too from the extreme north to the extreme south. This legislation passed by the parliament is good but not complete.

    1. Avatar
      Anonymous

      Talk to the shepherd  boy in the south who’s goats or sheep were stolen from him by Syrians on his pasture – and who was  threatened to not return.

    2. Jay Kanousis Avatar
      Jay Kanousis

       Sounds good, but how do you intend to get the Hezzies to release their stranglehold on Lebanon?  One way is if both the Syrian and Iranian regimes are toppled, but I wouldn’t hold my breath.

      Once that happens then one could suppose that their would be a smart government which will put Lebanon’s interests first instead of Syria’s or Iran’s.

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