Israeli Theft of Gaza Natural Gas hits a roadblock
British Gas explains exit from Israel
"There was a window of opportunity to close the deal, but it was missed."
Lior Baron 17 Jan 08 13:38
"The Israeli energy market will have to adjust to changing global prices. The price of natural gas doubled last year, and this cannot be ignored. Israel will have to pay much more for natural gas in the future, because the price keeps going up," BG Group plc (NYSE: BRG; LSE: BG) Gaza Marine policy and corporate affairs manager Michael Barron told "Globes". He made the comment to explain why the company called off negotiations with the Israeli government for the sale of gas reserves.
Last week, BG Group announced the closure of its office in Israel, after decided to call off the negotiations. The company added that it would continue to monitor developments in the Israeli market. Under the deal, 15% of BG Group's natural gas field offshore from Gaza was due to be marketed in Israel and to the power station in Gaza.
Barron said that Israel refused to promise the Palestinian Authority not to disrupt the gas supply to Gaza. "The Palestinian Authority wanted an Israeli commitment not to disrupt the gas supply to Gaza even before Hamas rose to power. The Israeli government would not agree, and then Hamas rose to power in Gaza, which complicated matters. The Palestinian Authority wanted an Israeli guarantee not to disrupt the gas supply. There was also no agreement on the issue of money transfers from Israel to the Palestinian Authority."
Barron said that BG Group was disappointed at the Israeli government's conduct, after asking Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in the summer of 2006 to resume negotiations for the sale of natural gas to Israel. "There was a window of opportunity to close deal, but it was missed. We're definitely disappointed about it," he said.
"There was a huge gap between ministers' statements and the way the negotiations were handled. No progress was made for 18 months, and in some cases the gap widened instead of narrowing. In December 2007, we concluded that there would be no deal, and we decided to take a time-out."
Barron added that BG Group avoided having any contact with Hamas, but that all the factors that hindered a deal existed before Hamas took power. "We had no contact with Hamas. It's against British law. The agreement on the purchase of the gas reserves in Gaza was supposed to be for 15 years, and backed by agreements between the Israeli government, the Palestinian Authority, and the UK," he said.
"Globes": Under what conditions will BG Group consider resuming negotiations with the Israeli government?
Barron: "A number of things must happen before we return to the negotiations. First of all, the Israeli government must change the natural gas law, as directed by the Supreme Court. We want to see progress in the structure of Israel's energy market (the entry of private companies - L.B.), and we would especially like to see progress in the agreements that are due to be signed between Israel and the Palestinian Authority concerning the deal. We've had it with talk; we want to see results."
Barron added that, although the negotiations have been suspended, BG Group was maintaining contact with the Ministries of Finance and National Infrastructures. "We haven’t severed links with the Ministry of Finance, but you should understand that even if things change, months or years could pass until we sell the gas
Source:Globes.co
Gee, sorry Israel, but your ongoing plans to STEAL Natural Gas from the offshore fields belonging to Palestine seems to be running into problems.
Not to worry, though, since you have a long and sordid histroy of theft of land and water resources from Palestine which should come in handy in this latest scheme to defraud the indigenous people of Palestine.
For now, you can take solace in the fact that your gunboats still ply the waters off Gaza, denying the Palestinians the right to fish in THEIR own waters.
If that's not enough to soothe your hurt feelings over the stall in your latest theft from the Palestinians, do what you're best at: Shoot some Palestinian kids in the head, that should bring a smile to your face!





and watch the zoopremites squeal like pigs and attack!
souuiiiiiiieeee!!! come an' get it!!

Michael Barron (policy and corporate affairs manager) said Gaza Marine is taking a “time out” because Jews refused to honor their agreements with Palestinians, and refused to stop stealing all tax revenues owed to Palestinians.
Barron said Jews must honor their agreements, and must change their natural gas law so it accords with their own supreme court’s rulings.
Obviously Gaza Marine is “anti-Semitic.”
When the Haifa oil pipeline is finished, the Kurds will get many surprises. Jews will end up owning the entire pipeline, as I have predicted several times at WUFYS.
I'll post the rest of it, just in case it goes offline at the other site.
A few things worth noting:
Gaza has been reduced to such poverty and destitution that it's been forced to do what until today israel is unwilling to do - privatize its most important sectors (which btw, BG is dreaming if it thinks israel will ever do).
What BG and much of the world doesn't realize is that "the state" of israel is merely a thinly veiled cover for the most ruthless (and influential) closely held private corporation in the history of the world.
Why would it 'privatize' that which is already private?
Simply, they are in a better position to exploit Gaza than israelis are. They have the consent of Gaza's government, however reluctant they were to give it. israel does not.
israel was trying to get it in 2000 before Hamas came to power at which point negotiations broke down completely.
In response, israel unleashed hell in Gaza, beginning with that dirtbag's Sharon's deliberate provocation at the so-called "Temple Mount."
I highly recommend reading my post "It All Makes Sense Now" which outlines and explains the whole greedy affair.
The bottomline is that BG is neither obligated nor authorized under Palestinian law to share the spoils of its grand theft with zionist gangsters.
Hence, israel is in the process of systematically exterminating Gaza's population, until they no longer put up any resistance to zionist theft of their natural resources.
In the end, it's all about natural resources - especially oil and gas - and it's all about israel.
"israel" is the world's seat of Materialism and Self-Worship.
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"Money" has no value - people do.
BG has just decided that it isn't worth the risk or hassle. There are better gas fields in more stable and civilized areas than ziostan to be developed - LIKE SOMALIA!