Ukutholwa kwegesi yemvelo enkulu ogwini olusempumalanga ye-Israel nasePalestine kuhloselwe ukwenza iTel Aviv ibe isizinda samandla sesifunda. Ukuthi u-Israyeli uzokwazi yini ukuhumusha izinkomba ezinhle zemithombo yegesi engakasetshenziswa emnothweni wangempela namasu kusazobonakala.
Okuqinisekile, nokho, ukuthi i-Middle East isivele ibhekene nempi enkulu ye-geostrategic, enamandla okuba impi yangempela yezempi.
Ngokungamangalisi, u-Israyeli usenhliziyweni yale ngxabano ekhulayo.
โNgesonto eledlule, siqale ukusakaza igesi e-Egypt. Senze i-Israel yaba amandla amakhulu,โ uNdunankulu wakwa-Israel, uBenjamin Netanyahu, ukuziqhenya emhlanganweni wekhabhinethi ngoJanuwari 19.
Ukuzibongela kukaNetanyahu kuvele ngemuva kwezindaba ezithokozisayo zezezimali kuNdunankulu owayexabene, njengoba iJordani neGibhithe manje sebengamaklayenti eTel Aviv, bathola izigidigidi zama-cubic metres egesi yakwa-Israel.
KuNetanyahu, ukumpompa igesi yakwa-Israel iye emazweni amabili angomakhelwane wama-Arab kuhlanganisa okungaphezu nje kwezinzuzo zezomnotho nezepolitiki - kuwukuthuthuka okukhulu komuntu siqu. Umholi wakwa-Israel uzama ukukholisa umphakathi ukuthi umvotele kwenye futhi ukhetho jikelele ngoMashi, ngesikhathi encenga izikhulu zezombangazwe zakwa-Israel ukuthi zimvikele ukuze angaphuma ejele ngenxa yamacala enkohlakalo ahlukahlukene.
Sekuyiminyaka, i-Israel ixhaphaza ukutholakala kwediphozithi enkulu yegesi yemvelo endaweni yaseLeviyathani naseTamari - etholakala cishe amakhilomitha ayi-125 kanye namakhilomitha angama-80 entshonalanga ye-Haifa ngokulandelana - ukuze akhe kabusha imifelandawonye yesifunda futhi ichaze kabusha indawo yayo yepolitiki eYurophu.
Iqhinga lakwa-Israel, nokho, selidale amathuba okungqubuzana esifundeni esivele singazinzile, sandise umdlalo wamandla ukuze uhlanganise i-Cyprus, Greece, France, Italy, and Libya, kanye ne-Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon, neRussia.
NgoJanuwari 2, uNetanyahu wayese-Athens esayina i-a isivumelwano sepayipi legesi, kanye noNdunankulu waseGreece, uKyriako Mitotakis, kanye noMongameli waseCyprus, uNicos Anastasiades.
Ipayipi le-EastMed kuyaqagelwa ukusuka kwa-Israyeli ukuya eCyprus, eGreece futhi, ekugcineni, ukuya e-Italy, ngaleyo ndlela ukuthutha igesi yasempumalanga yeMedithera ngqo enhliziyweni yeYurophu.
Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, lesi simo sasibonakala singenakucatshangwa, njengoba u-Israyeli enzile, eqinisweni, ukungeniswa ingxenye enkulu yegesi yayo yemvelo evela ezweni elingumakhelwane laseGibhithe.
Insimu yakwa-Israel yakwa-Tamari ngokwengxenye yalungisa ukuthembela kuka-Israyeli egesini evela kwamanye amazwe lapho iqala ukukhiqizwa ngo-2003. Ngemva nje kwalokho, u-Israyeli waphinda washaya igesi, kulokhu ngamandla amakhulu kakhulu, ensimini enkulu kaLeviyathani. Ngomhla zingama-31 kuZibandlela wezi-2019, uLeviyathani waqala ukupompa igesi okokuqala ngqa.
ILeviyathani itholakala oLwandle iMedithera's Levantine Basin, isifunda esicebile ngama-hydrocarbons.
UFrank Musmar wabhala: Isikhungo se-BESA Yezifundo Zamasu.
Isabelo se-Egypt segesi yakwa-Israel - 85 billion cubic metres (bcm), nezindleko ezilinganiselwa ku-$19.5 billion - sitholwa ngokusebenzisa izinkampani ezizimele. EGibhithe inkampani Dolphinus Holdings. Isivumelwano saseJordani sisayinwe phakathi kwenkampani kagesi kazwelonke yezwe i-NEPCO, kanye nenkampani yaseMelika, iNoble Energy, enamasheya angama-45% kuphrojekthi yakwa-Israel.
Abantu baseJordani bebebhikishela isivumelwano segesi sakwa-Israel ngobuningi, njengoba bebheka ukubambisana kwezomnotho phakathi kwezwe labo ne-Israel njengesenzo sokwenza isimo sibe sijwayelekile, ikakhulukazi njengoba iTel Aviv isaqhubeka nokuthatha nokucindezela abantu basePalestine.
Izinanela zemibhikisho edumile sezifinyelele ephalamende laseJordani okwathi ngoJanuwari 19, lavotela ngazwi linye ukuthi livune umthetho wokuvala ukungeniswa kwegesi kwa-Israel. I-Israel iyahlukahlukana ngale kokusebenzisa amandla omnotho wesifunda ukuze ibe ngumdlali omkhulu esigabeni se-geopolitical international. I Ipayipi le-EastMed iphrojekthi, elinganiselwa ku-โฌ6bn, kulindeleke ukuthi ihlanganise amaphesenti ayishumi esidingo saseYurophu segesi yemvelo. Yilapho izinto ziba mnandi nakakhulu.
I-Turkey ikholelwa ukuthi isivumelwano, esibandakanya izimbangi zayo zesifunda, i-Cyprus neGreece, yakhelwe ngokukhethekile ukuyibeka eceleni ngokwezomnotho ngokuyikhipha ku-hydrocarbon boom yaseMedithera.
I-Ankara isivele iyihabhu elikhulu lamandla, ngokuba ngumsingathi we TurkStream, okuyinto udla I-Europe, cishe ngama-40% ezidingo zayo zegesi yemvelo evela eRussia. Leli qiniso linikeze kokubili iMoscow ne-Ankara hhayi nje ngezinzuzo ezingaphezulu kwezomnotho kodwa futhi ne-geostrategic leverage. Uma ipayipi le-EastMed liba ngokoqobo, iTurkey neRussia zizolahlekelwa kakhulu.
Ochungechungeni lwezinyathelo ezilandelanayo, nezimangazayo, iTurkey yaziphindiselela ngokusayina i-a isivumelwano somngcele wasolwandle noHulumeni WaseLibya Wesivumelwano Sikazwelonke (GNA) owaziwa umhlaba wonke, nangokuzibophezela ukuthumela ukwesekwa kwezempi ukusiza iTripoli ekulweni namasosha athembekile kuJenene Khalifa Haftar.
"ITurkey ngeke ivumele noma yimuphi umsebenzi ophikisana nezithakazelo zayo esifundeni," uFuat Oktay, iPhini likaMongameli waseTurkey, etshela i-Anadolu News Agency, wengeza ngokuthi "noma yiluphi uhlelo olunganaki iTurkey alunalo nhlobo ithuba lokuphumelela."
Nakuba amazwe aseYurophu ashesha ukugxeka i-Ankara, laba bamuva baphumelele ekuguquleni imithetho yomdlalo ngokufaka isimangalo ezindaweni eziningi ezikhona. wabuye wathi yiGreece kanye neCyprus njengengxenye yalezo ezibizwa ngokuthi yi-exclusive economic zones (EEZ).
Ngeke kube yiTurkey kuphela ukubhola emanzini asendaweni yaseLibya yegesi yemvelo, kodwa nasemanzini aphikisanayo eduze kwaseCyprus. I-Ankara isola iCyprus ngokwephula "isimangalo esilinganayo sokutholwa", uhlelo olwalandela ukungqubuzana kwezempi phakathi kwamazwe womabili ngo-1974.
Uma inkinga ingaxazululwa, iphrojekthi yepayipi ye-EastMed ingase iguquke ibe i-pipedream. Okwakubonakala njengesivumelwano esizuzisa kakhulu, esinokubaluleka okukhulu kwezepolitiki ngokombono wakwa-Israel, manje sekubonakala kungesinye isandiso sengxabano ebanzi yaseMpumalanga Ephakathi.
Yize i-EU izimisele ngokuxegisa indlela yaseRussia yokulawula imakethe yegesi yemvelo, ipayipi le-EastMed liya ngokuya libonakala lingenzeki kuzo zonke izindlela ezingakhona.
Kodwa-ke, uma kucatshangelwa idiphozithi enkulu yegesi yemvelo elungele ukuphehla izimakethe zaseYurophu ezidonsa kanzima, cishe kuqinisekile ukuthi igesi yemvelo yaseMedithera ekugcineni iyoba umthombo omkhulu wezingxabano zezombangazwe, uma kungeyona impi.
U-Ramzy Baroud uyintatheli kanye noMhleli we-Palestine Chronicle. Ungumbhali wezincwadi ezinhlanu. Eyakhe yakamuva ithi โLamaketango Ayokwephulwa: Izindaba ZasePalestine Zokulwa Nokungahloniphi Emajele Akwa-Israelโ (Clarity Press, Atlanta). UDkt. Baroud uyi-Senior Research Fellow engahlali e-Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA), Istanbul Zaim University (IZU). Iwebhusayithi yakhe www.ramzybaroud.net
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