NEW | Israel Expands Control Over Qana Gas Field and Lebanon’s Offshore Energy

Israel’s declared “Forward Defense Zone” in southern Lebanon is being described by Lebanese researcher Ahmad Baydoun as effectively extending operational control over the offshore Qana gas field, despite Lebanon’s rights under the 2022 U.S.-brokered maritime agreement.

The Qana field lies along Lebanon’s disputed maritime boundary and is estimated in earlier assessments to contain up to 100 billion cubic meters of natural gas, with projected value estimates ranging between $20–40 billion.

The 2022 maritime deal, brokered by the United States, granted Lebanon exclusive rights to develop Qana (Block 9), despite the absence of a formal peace agreement between the two sides. Following the agreement, a consortium led by Total Energies, Eni, and Qatar Energy was brought in to begin exploration and drilling operations.

However, in October 2023, Lebanon’s Petroleum Administration announced that the Qana Block 9 drilling attempt came up dry, marking a major setback for Beirut’s offshore energy ambitions. This followed an earlier unsuccessful offshore well in 2020 (Byblos-1), contributing to declining investor confidence in Lebanon’s energy prospects.

Lebanon’s offshore sector remains largely underexplored, with ten maritime blocks still untested, leaving potential long-term resource development uncertain amid ongoing geopolitical tensions.

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Qatar #Lebanon

Breaking | Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters spokesperson:

The aggressive America violated the ceasefire and committed maritime piracy by firing at one of Iran's commercial ships in the waters of the Sea of Oman and disabling its navigation system by deploying a number of its terrorist marines on the deck of the mentioned vessel, thereby assaulting it.

We warn that the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran will soon respond to and retaliate against this maritime robbery and armed act by the US military.

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Iran #Islam #America

⭕Malgré les attaques de la police #Allemande, les antifascistes à #Berlin n’abandonnent pas leur solidarité avec la #Palestine.

Today in Labor History April 19, 1903: The Kishinev pogrom occurred in Bessarabia. At the time, Bessarabia was part of the Russian Empire. Today it is part of Moldova. During the pogrom, local Christians killed 49 Jews, raped many Jewish women and destroyed over 1500 homes. The incident led Zionist founder, Theodor Herzl, to propose the Uganda Scheme for resettlement of the Jews in east Africa. The British government supported the plan, as it would help further their interests and imperialism in Africa, and help limit the influx of Jewish refugees into Britain from eastern Europe. Herzl had also proposed creating a Jewish homeland in Cyprus. Of course, what he really desired was a Jewish homeland in Palestine, but the Kishinev pogrom caused him to feel a greater urgency to create any kind of homeland as quickly as possible, and east Africa was what was being offered. The proposal nearly fractured the Zionist movement, with many delegates walking out, and other expressing a loss of faith in Herzl’s leadership. White British gentile settlers in east Africa also opposed the plan.

#antisemitism #moldova #pogrom #palestine #zionism #jewish

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Cartoon of US President Theodore Roosevelt telling Tsar Nicholas II of Russia: "Stop your cruel oppression of the Jews." By Emil Flohri - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs divisionunder the digital ID ppmsca.05438.This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=919521

Activists held a vigil on Saturday in Brighton, England, marking Palestinian Prisoners' Day and calling for freedom of Palestinians in Israeli prisons.

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Palestinian

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#Film #Movie #Blast #Colonisation #Palestine

"ALICE AU PAYS DES COLONS"

AIDEZ BLAST À PROMOUVOIR SON PREMIER FILM.
Un film de Yanis Mhamdi, en salles le 22 avril 2026.

Alice Kisiya a 30 ans.
Elle est originaire de Bethléem et possède, fait rare, la nationalité israélienne.

Cela n’a pourtant pas empêché les colons de s’emparer de son terrain, là où se dressaient la maison familiale et le restaurant de ses parents.
Chaque jour, Alice revient sur place pour défier cette dépossession, seule face à l’armée israélienne qui protège les colons.
Sa double identité, loin de la préserver, rend son combat d’autant plus symbolique : elle incarne une forme de résistance civile, déterminée et frontale, menée au coeur même d’un système colonial.

Alaa Nasr, lui, a 27 ans et vit à Madama, un petit village du nord de la Cisjordanie. Madama est encerclé par deux colonies israéliennes qui le surplombent, menaçant à tout instant de l’engloutir.
Dans ce contexte d’étouffement progressif, Alaa et ses amis refusent de fuir. Malgré les attaques régulières, les tirs, les meurtres, ils choisissent de rester, de défendre leur village, leur mode de vie, leur histoire. Leur résistance est celle d’un ancrage, physique et moral, sur une terre que l’on tente de leur arracher.

Breaking | The UNICEF announced the suspension of its activities in northern Gaza Strip after an Israeli attack killed two drivers of the UN agency yesterday.

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #UNICEF

Who will save us from this life?
We and our children are living like this
You can't help but imagine how harsh daily life is. And now we're experiencing the summer heat, insects, and rats. What kind of fate is this?I'm tired and fed up with life. Even trying to survive these harsh conditions has become difficult and painful.We have no other options. Please do what you can for our children, for our lives.Who will save us from this life?😭
https://chuffed.org/project/osama

#MutualAidThread
#Gaza #palestine

RE: https://mastodon.social/@villebooks/116424629837111496

🗨️ Note: The Mansoura 🚰 water filling point is currently the only operational truck filling point for the Mekorot water supply line serving #GazaCity

#genocide #gaza #palestine
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📢🕯️ #UNICEF expressed its outrage over the killing of two drivers whose trucks were contracted by the agency to provide clean water to families in #gaza -

🔹 Victims were killed by Israeli fire early Friday morning at Mansoura water filling point in northern Gaza

🔹 In a statement on Friday, the agency extended its condolences to the families of the two men who lost their lives

🔹 Two other civilians were wounded

#UNres2803scam #UN #news

📰 Al Mayadeen APR-18

https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/unicef-condemns-killing-of-two-water-truck-drivers-in-gaza-b

#rewatch 📲 #healthcare workers to demand immediate release of 9,500 Palestinian political #prisoners - including abducted #medics and #children, as Israel legalizes execution by hanging -

Video recorded on APR-17 2026 in #ottawa, #canada by Doctors Against Genocide (DAG)

#palestine #genocide #gaza #westbank
#crimesagainsthumanity #UNfail

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZdogP2on9s