Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Israel says seeks diplomatic solution to Med gas spat with Lebanon - REUTERS


FEBRUARY 7, 2018 / 4:14 PM
Writing by Dan Williams; Editing by Alison Williams


JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel seeks a foreign-mediated diplomatic resolution with Lebanon over a disputed Mediterranean gas field, the Israeli energy minister said on Wednesday after a surge in hostile rhetoric between the enemy countries.

“We hope for, and are prepared to move forward on, a diplomatic resolution to this matter,” Yuval Steinitz told the Ynet news site when asked about the Block 9 field, for which Lebanon has issued an oil and gas exploration tender, drawing condemnation from Israel’s defense minister last week.