Israel threatens to thwart demarcation … and Lebanon bears responsibility

Israel began, as expected, to pave the way for the failure of maritime negotiations with Lebanon, through a series of complaints received from Tel Aviv, the latest of which was Lebanon’s accusation of “provocation” and change permanent negotiating position, which led to his accusation yesterday of “betraying the aspirations of the peoples of the region.”

Will the fifth round of maritime negotiations be the last round of negotiations with the enemy? The issue is strongly imposed in light of Israeli intransigence and the positions and preconditions that come from Tel Aviv, trying to impose negotiating bases that prevent Lebanon from claiming its right to water as it sees it. It is clear that Israel, which imposed, in one way or another, the negotiations in form, even with amendments, decided that it also has the right to impose the rules of the negotiation and its previous result.
Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Stannitz yesterday closed a round of negotiations through the media, parallel to the rounds of negotiations in Naqoura, warning that maritime negotiations with Lebanon would reach a “dead end” unless the Lebanese delegation will change position.
According to Steinitz’s claim, “Lebanon has changed its position with respect to its maritime borders with Israel seven times,” and Lebanon’s current position “is not only incompatible with its previous positions, but also contradicts its position on the borders. maritime with Syria “. And he warned about “the possibility that the talks reach a dead end and thus hamper projects to explore energy sources at sea.”
In Steinitz’s “propaganda”, his tweets yesterday included indirect threats in which he warned Lebanon that it would lose the ability to extract its gas from the Mediterranean, and said that whoever wants prosperity in this region and seeks to develop natural resources safely it must adhere to the principle of stability and resolve the dispute on the basis of what Israel has deposited. And Lebanon to the United Nations. He summarized the content of his tweets by saying that “any deviation from that will lead to a dead end and betray the aspirations of the peoples of the region.”

Israel Minister of Energy: Lebanon betrays the aspirations of the peoples of the region!

Steinitz’s claims do not coincide with any negotiating logic, as despite Israeli propaganda, there are no changes in Lebanon’s positions, either in regards to its water limit in the south (which is completely in line with the water limit deposited in the United Nations) or others. Israel cannot insist that part of the Lebanese incident deposits the border map with the international organization and neglects the notes that followed the deposit and its owner, which are an integral part of the deposit itself.
Sources familiar with the details of the negotiation process, the justification of the Lebanese position and the basis that allowed it to demand an area larger than the one the enemy wants to limit to the negotiation, clarify that Lebanon deposited only one line for the United Nations, which is known as Line 23, but it was explained in Decree 6433. / 2011, that you have the right to review this line in case more precise data and data arise, after talking with the competent authorities.
Furthermore, the Israeli claim that Lebanon changed its position is counterproductive and, in return, indicates a willingness to obstruct and possibly fail negotiations on Israel’s part after Lebanon insisted on its right, as was evident from the data. that emerged in recent years, and in the foreground the neglect of international law, any effect of very small islands. (Takhilat Rock) on the border line. This position is fully consistent with the Lebanese position and its aftermath, in 2011.

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