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  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1111·
    10 months ago

    It was the plan all along…

    I had a conversation with a Palestinian friend of mine recently on this. He said that this is all about oil. A pipeline to be developed through Gaza to supply Europe with oil, and a natural gas field off the coast of Palestine to be developed. I’ve not had the chance to look into it.

    • cosmic_skillet@lemmy.mlEnglish
      91·
      10 months ago

      I’m sure that’s a part of what’s going on, but to claim that “this is all about oil” is highly reductive. There are many different entities involved with competing interests.

    • Deceptichum@kbin.social
      81·
      10 months ago

      That makes no geographical sense.

      Why would Israel need to go through Gaza to supply a gas line?

      There was a plan to build a pipeline to Europe, with the EU funding it also going into Gaza to provide them with gas as well. Does your friend mean that? Because that’s like the complete opposite.

      • girlfreddy@lemmy.caEnglish
        14·
        10 months ago

        Because NIMBYism wouldn’t allow a pipeline to go through Israeli land?

      • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldEnglish
        27·
        10 months ago

        Yeah I didn’t say I really understood it. I’m just repeating back what someone said to me.

        I would point out however that access to resources has historically been a ‘plenty good’ reason for the western world to turn a blind eye to genocide in the past.