باسيل يجدد التمسك بالحقوق النفطية: ما يصح على اسرائيل يصح علينا
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شدد وزير الطاقة بحكومة تصريف الاعمال جبران باسيل على أن لبنان لا يريد أي مشكلة مع اسرائيل في الملف النفطي الا أنه لفت الى أن المعاملة يجب أن تكون بالمثل وأن تل أبيب "لا تستطيع منعنا من القيام بما تفعله هي".
وفي حديث الى صحيفة "السفير"، الاربعاء، قال باسيل أن لبنان لا يريد أي مشكلة، "بل نحن نبحث مع الاميركيين في إمكان إيجاد حل للنزاع البحري مع اسرائيل".
واذ لفت الى أن العمل يتم "ضمن القانون الدولي والأصول المرعية الإجراء ولسنا بصدد اختراق الحدود البحرية لفلسطين المحتلة"، جدد التمسك بحقوق لبنان النفطية وحدوده البحرية كاملة.
وأشار الى أن اسرائيل باشرت في التنقيب عن النفط في أماكن قريبة من حدود لبنان البحرية، و"تحديدا على بُعد خمسة كيلومترات منها".
من هنا، اعتبر باسيل أن اسرائيل "لا تستطيع منعنا من القيام بما تفعله هي، ولا تستطيع ان تفرض علينا أمورا لا تتقيد بها، والمعاملة يجب ان تكون بالمثل، وما يصح عليها يصح علينا".
الى ذلك، رأى باسيل أن المشكلة الحقيقية ليست فقط مع اسرائيل، "بل مع بعض المسؤولين اللبنانيين الذين يساعدونها بشكل او بآخر، عبر تجميد المرسومين المتصلين بالملف النفطي وبالتالي تأخير إطلاق مناقصة التراخيص".
يُذكر أن باسيل كان قد أعلن في ايلول الى أنه "لا يوجد أيّ سبب لتأجيل المناقصة للتنقيب عن النفط"، معتبرا أنّ الخسارة غير المبررة في الوقت تؤدّي إلى تراكم الديون، كما تعطي أسبقية لإسرائيل في التصدير".
ولفت إلى أنّ "استخراج النفط حلم لبناني ولا يجب ضرب صدقية الدولة بالقطاع النفطي ولا داعي للتأجيل"، وقال إنّ "ما حصل ليس كارثة، وتأجيل المناقصات ليس آخر الدنيا، ولكن ما يحصل يؤدّي إلى خسارة كبيرة للبلد"، لافتا إلى إمكانية تمديد مهلة تقديم العروض في حال لم يقرّها مجلس الوزراء.
يُشار الى أن باسيل كان قد كشف أن اسرائيل إكتشفت حقلا جديدا للغاز، إسمه "كاريش"، يبعد بضعة كيلومترات عن الحدود اللبنانية "مما يعني أنه بات لدى اسرائيل الامكان الوصول الى النفط اللبناني، وهذا أمر خطير وجديد".
ومن الجدير بالذكر، انه في تموز الفائت، تمكن لبنان من تثبيت سيادته على 530 كيلومتراً مربعاً من منطقته الاقتصادية الخالصة من أصل 854 هي موضع تنازع مع إسرائيل، بعدما استطاع انتزاع اعتراف من الولايات المتحدة والامم المتحدة بحقه في هذه المساحة من بحره.
08:46 ,2013 تشرين الأول 02
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The national thief-in-law has mastered the Iranian militias dogma. Israel bark bark bark Israel bark bark bark. Just like the lunatic Aoun he flaps his gums and does nothing.
09:27 ,2013 تشرين الأول 02
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You know in Lebanon what is worst than Israel the enemy of all race? Is ignorant people such as yourself who proclaim knowledge, historical people such as GMA will never die but you & your kind will die in every sunshine as a bacteria will fade away.
16:43 ,2013 تشرين الأول 02
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Golda meir among the great? You must be talking about great terrorists.
12:13 ,2013 تشرين الأول 02
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The only true part of your comment is "IS REAL" You are correct Israel is real.
12:40 ,2013 تشرين الأول 02
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He is speaking of our national wealth being stolen by israel, and this is the only response you guys are able to come up with?
This wealth is an immense opportunity for us to get rid of our debt, to achieve real independence from foreign sponsors (ALL foreign sponsors), this is our chance for prosperity, growth, to build a Nation with real infrastructure (24/7 electricity for god's sake!!!)
AND IT IS BEING STOLEN BY ISRAEL
and that's all you're capable of doing? yapping insanities like retards?
this is why i will never trust any of you nor the puppets you follow for anything, neither our prosperity, nor the defense of our country. As Sophia said, you are bacterias.
08:57 ,2013 تشرين الأول 02
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Bless you Bassil, Bless your father-in-law, and Sayyed Hassan for standing tall against Israeli aggression towards Lebanon and its natural resources. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. They drill 5 kms inside Lebanese territory, we the lebanese in our millions inside and outside Lebanon will each take a shovel, wear goggles, and drill for oil underwater in Israeli territorial waters. Danger is real but fear is a choice. We the lebanese have chosen to fight with our lives in Syria, and if the need arises we shall do it in Israel and the Galilee. Bless Aoun and the FPM for this historic stand on matters of national security.
09:23 ,2013 تشرين الأول 02
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RFT I have to disagree with you on the Sayyed standing tall part... how could someone that spends his life hiding underground in fear of the Israelis stand tall? Hizbullah thugs do have a lot of expertise in digging tunnels, ditches and lately their own graves, they could give imBassil a hand.
09:33 ,2013 تشرين الأول 02
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Hello my friend g_p: I respect your disagreement of my views. However, men standing tall is an expression of their acts and stances rather than of the physical location where they stand. Granted, Sayyed Hassan has been living in a cave since we won the war in 2006 and dealt the Israeli army a bitter and humiliating defeat, but that is largely attributed to security reasons. Sayyed has millions of adoring fans and acolytes, and had his living address been known to the public, he would not be able to live a normal life. Just ask Justin Bieber....
12:17 ,2013 تشرين الأول 02
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If only you had peace with Israel you could have started the co-operation that would have brought the oil and natural gas to Lebanon years ago, and not seen the frequent electricity shortages that go on until this very day. Not to mention the income that could have been earned through the export of these products.
This is another case of Lebanon "cutting off its nose to spite its face".
12:43 ,2013 تشرين الأول 02
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there will be peace with israel when there is justice. in the mean time you can shove your propaganda you shill.
16:32 ,2013 تشرين الأول 02
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Once again - the moment someone disagrees with your warped direction of thought they are automatically a Zionist. Wake up man, there are millions of people around the world who have open minds and are willing to look at both sides of a problem.
Withdrawal is one of the reasons that the peace talks are taking place with the Palestinian Authority.
I see that you are even more extremist than the extremists in the PA, you want Israel to withdraw from the WHOLE of JERUSALEM. Definitely wishful thinking on your behalf.
16:35 ,2013 تشرين الأول 02
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Remember - Lebanon and Israel were very close to signing a peace treaty in 1988, but this agreement was torn up by your Syrian occupiers. Now, 25 years later, Syria does not occupy Lebanon, so get back on the peace horse. I'm sure that you will find Israel a more than willing partner. Jordan and Egypt did, and they have not "suffered" from it.
16:44 ,2013 تشرين الأول 02
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it's not because you disagree philipo, it's because you ALWAYS defend israel and spit on lebanon. and every word that comes out of you has the rotten stench of overused israeli propaganda.
go ahead, call me an antisemite now, so you'll have completed the full spectrum of zionist lameness.
13:32 ,2013 تشرين الأول 02
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wpw progma, you overdid yourself today. that must be the smartest comment you ever posted. i understand the urge to post it ten times.
14:29 ,2013 تشرين الأول 02
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I am not a shill and I agree with phillipo. Why don't we have peace with Israel? The Palestinians are working on it.IF we had peace we would be drilling and prospering.inetead we are war mongering.
15:11 ,2013 تشرين الأول 02
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This oil should remain at The bottom of the sea.... Its the oil that will divide and finish off Lebanon. Moreover, it's an energy of the past....
15:31 ,2013 تشرين الأول 02
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lak ma khassak 2nta keep quiet ya isra-loving shill.
You ask for israel to attack the LAF for our own good, the south for our own good, and steal our oil for our own good. And now you're worried about the environment(for our own good of course)? How about you keep to yourself and not talk about a country you've been away from for 30 years. Allez galops ya watwat.
15:47 ,2013 تشرين الأول 02
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Ha ha,I wasn't even born 30 years ago.
Of course, it's all for the greater good.
Make me imperator, and I'll bring prosperity, clean water, and food to every Lebanese.
15:48 ,2013 تشرين الأول 02
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Are you afraid to log in under your real alias to deliver this message> LOL. Pathetic!
16:02 ,2013 تشرين الأول 02
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benzona, very cute. Clutz.
Justice, why would I make an account? There are many guests and being a guest is very fun. Besides, you wouldn't like it if I'm a user, 2/3 of my posts don't make it through ya fake justice bala marba.
15:25 ,2013 تشرين الأول 02
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flamethrower, do not blame flamecatcher, for he knows not what he does. He is asking lebanon to stop its research into offshore oil drilling, allow israel to syphon our oil, and silence those trying to fight against the tyranny and one-dimentionality of the opposition, the saud-converts the anti-lebanese, that is to say, the useless and perilous.
He is most likely a saudi/JIDF shill. Give him a break ft, he makes good points ;)
15:53 ,2013 تشرين الأول 02
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Bassil is upset because he is not getting the commissions he was promised by the oil companies unless the oil draft law is signed.
16:03 ,2013 تشرين الأول 02
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anony, it's mikati. Naharnet has posted about him not being in lebanon/not attending/refusing/etc time and time again. Keep up.
16:06 ,2013 تشرين الأول 02
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Gebran Bassil is right. The oil file should move already. Mikati is retarding it to buy yet more properties in tripoli and that is a disgusting attitude.
16:08 ,2013 تشرين الأول 02
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Texas.
It is mikati who is stopping them. But he cannot name him for political reasons.
16:53 ,2013 تشرين الأول 02
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anonyme i respect your views but you are wasting your time. flamecatcher is a shill, his only concern is to distract us with unrelated issues, while israel steals our wealth.
look at you and me, we do not agree on almost everything, we have entirely different views, but we both care about Lebanon's wealth and well-being. why/ because we are both Lebanese.
as you noticed, FC here doesnt care, his only concern is his hatred against HA. why do you think that is?
18:07 ,2013 تشرين الأول 02
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funny how people bark for oil and try to prove to know everything just for the sake of defending their dear M8 leader...
we all perfectly know that no wealth will ever fall in the lebanese citizens pockets...
those smart guys are just defending the share of cake the politicians are greedy to get...
like brave little sheep they are....
there are so many IMPORTANT issues waiting to be dealt with for the WEALTH of lebanon and lebanese but they keep barking over oil to make forget the disaster they have put lebanon into! LOL
3aw 3aw
18:11 ,2013 تشرين الأول 02
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of course anonyme! for me hezbollah has no value if it is not to defend lebanon. i do not care about hebollah itself, i care about the positive impact it has on lebanon (i know you will not agree, but this is how i perceive it)
the day lebanon will not need hezbollah as a resistance party, i will support it becoming only a political party (as in without the military branch).
18:15 ,2013 تشرين الأول 02
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true. phoenix i believe anonyme is right. the filthy rich crooks will use their money to single out the "good ones" from the "black sheep". those who bend over backwards for the masters will get some crumbs to survive on, while those who will stand up will be smashed down.
in a way, it already started. 400$ is the crumbs people accept to vote for a corrupt crook, and let him screw them over for 4 years.
18:21 ,2013 تشرين الأول 02
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no it is not irony phoenix, it's more like pragmatism:
any $ that israel steals from us, is a $ that will be used against us. it would be paying for the bombs that will destroy us.
on the other hand, when lebanon exploits its wealth, EVEN if say half of it is diverted into corruption (i'm taking the assumption but i believe this can be avoided, or at least minimized), it is still 0.5$ that goes into serving lebanon.
what would you chose? 1$ used AGAINST you or 0.5$ used FOR you?
18:58 ,2013 تشرين الأول 02
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mowaten... i agree with your pragmatic arithmetics...
Bottom line, we WILL be stolen. But at least we will get something instead of having israel stealing it from us...
I wonder how much they can siphon off from oil oil, how much oil is in common... i heard the levanthian oil field is huge. is it the field in common?
19:10 ,2013 تشرين الأول 02
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cheers guys, i appreciate your reactions here, it gives me hope that we might some day work together as a people towards our common goals, even if we do not agree on other things :)
of course it is rather sad to think that unavoidably we will be stolen, but it will be up to us -the civil society- to pressure them and minimize the amount stolen. we can't pretend to erase injustice and corruption, but we can hope for some decency ;)
18:55 ,2013 تشرين الأول 02
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texas... a pension fund? waow!... watch out for the falling purchasing power of the dollar...
19:54 ,2013 تشرين الأول 02
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"Lebanon and Israel are bickering over a zone that consists of about 854 square kilometers and suspected energy reserves there could generate billions of dollars."
the dispute is not because it is israel, every country has maritime disputes.
take france and canada: they are arguing also over a maritime border!
00:18 ,2013 تشرين الأول 03
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heres an idea peace between lebanon and israel with both countries respecting each other and developing the fields together.join jordan and egypt .and start developing a powerful democratic prosperous middle east union dont cut your nose off in spite of your face
