Eastern Mediterranean Gas Fields Now Taken Over By America

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?We even gave them one hour of ?siesta? after lunch, as their culture demands, but they ran away as soon as the first missiles fell.? This is the summary of the heartbreaking claim that appeared in The Marker on March 23, 2013. It was a sharp reminder that The Eastern Mediterranean Gas Fields Affair is still well and alive.

Daewoo, a Korean corporation, is developing the Israeli gas fields and is constructing a private electricity production plant near Dimona; from summer 2013 it will provide 440MW of electricity, about 4% of Israel?s consumption. 700 Koreans working there were truly surprised to find out that Israelis consider ?siesta? a Korean word; they were also surprised in January 2013, when they became the target of missiles shot from Gaza.

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The Eastern Mediterranean Gas Fields Affair

The Eastern Mediterranean Gas FieldsAffair
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Israel?s Strategy

As expanded in German Machine, Russian Workers and Israel?s Largest Nuclear Shelter, whenever possible, Israel attempts to acquire technology instead of developing it. This strategy dates back to the days when Shimon Peres decided that the Weizmann Institute of Science would adapt French nuclear technologies instead of developing them from scratch. After the first Eastern Mediterranean gas fields were found, Israel started a frantic search for partners owning the required technologies.

In parallel, an aggressive attempt to secure its military control of the area took place. The two main problems were the disputed maritime border with Lebanon and the Palestinian claims on fields in front of Gaza. The first event deteriorated into a war of words that led to the formation of unexpected alliances.

Turkey, Iran and Northern Cyprus joined Lebanon. Cyprus and Greece joined Israel while gas-thirsty Spain attempted to secure Israeli supplies. Azerbaijan had a significant interest in Israeli hegemony while Russia was also interested in it, both mainly due to the Israeli capability to shorten their supply lines through the Ashdod-Eilat pipeline. Egypt was in turmoil and Gaza was under siege.

The chances that a regional war would erupt were high. Israel gave the Gaza Marine field to the Palestinians and bought their quiet; only the Turkish issue was left open. Yet, the gas reserves are so large that even world players stepped in.

World War I gas masks in trenches

World War I gas masks in trenches

Uncle Obama Steps in

As far as I can tell, most Americans don?t like their country being called an ?empire.? Most of them feel outraged with hearing terms like ?neo-colonialism? aimed at their country, which they ironically call ?Land of the Free.? The Land where NSA, FBI and CIA Agents are Free. Most of them consider atrocious the idea that corporations act as colonial agents. Can McDonald?s be considered a colonial agent?

Yet, America?s favorite colony started its empire that way. The English East India Company was founded in 1600, as The Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies. In 1612 Mughal Emperor Jahangir granted it the rights to establish a factory and trading post, in the port of Surat on the western coast of India. The company soon became immensely successful, establishing many similar outposts.

Following Robert Clive?s victory in the 1757 Battle of Plassey, the British enclaves became independent and began to be consolidated into a new empire. Where there wasn?t a strong local government, the British simply took over the Indian states. In the stronger areas, Indian rulers acknowledged the company?s hegemony in return for limited internal autonomy. After the empire was consolidated, all pretensions were dropped.

The company was replaced by the British Raj, a ruthless colonial regime which lasted until India got its independence in 1947. An empire based on wild capitalism, the British provided minimal freedom to their subjects. This is true regarding most of the European Westphalian states. The Dutch also wanted an empire of their own. The Dutch East India Company (VOC) began the conquest of the Indonesian archipelago from 1603, when the first trading post was established.

In 1800, the bankrupted party was dissolved, and its possessions nationalized as the Dutch East Indies. The Dutch East Indies colony became modern Indonesia following World War II. Needless to say, here too the conquerors were after material profits and kept their colonies underdeveloped. Nowadays it is America?s turn; Empire and McFalafel.

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Yet, in this case, the USA cannot be blamed alone for malevolent intentions. Since the first deposits were found, the Israeli government showed an odd obsession with Noble Energy, an oil and gas company from Houston, Texas. This company systematically collected operation and drilling licenses. In March 2013, it owned 79% of the proven gas reserves and 100% of the operating licenses. Noble delegates works to subcontractors.

No other company requested licenses, maybe they were afraid of a regional war; hence the Israeli government gave them away to the first bidder. In October 2012, the president of Australian Woodside Petroleum met with Prime Minister Netanyahu, in an attempt to buy 30% of the Leviathan field. As of now, this deal has not been concluded. In other words, the USA drills and operates the larger part of the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Fields.

There is enough gas there to provide Israel?s entire energy consumption for decades. The country will slowly move from its coal-operated electricity plants to gas-operated ones, and much gas will be left for the Americans to play with. Even the gas consumed in Israel will generate commissions for the Americans. In this context, the humble, loving, warm and compassionate public request of President Obama from Netanyahu to end the conflict with Turkey, expressed during his recent visit to Israel, must be seen in a new color; ?Imperial-Cold? is its name.

Mr. Tov Roy is one of the frequent contributors for The 4th Media.

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