More about the sad gas saga

The speaker of the Egyptian Parliament said very strange statement from two weeks ago !!

It is unconstitutional to ban the export of gas to Israel !!!

Well it seems that this statement was an introduction to today’s sad and shocking verdict

The supreme administrative court ruled against the the administrative court’s order to halt the export of gas to Israel !! I feel so angry and sad !!

I respect the court order and the Egyptian judicial system despite my refusal to believe that the judge was really convinced that exporting the gas with a price equal to $ 1.25 per one BTU where the average international price is between $ 8 to 16  is fair!!!

Regardless of the fact that we are talking about Israel and regardless of the Public refusal.

The oil ministry is leading a war against Former Ambassador Ibrahim Youssry , can you believe it !!??

I spoke before about the silly claims of the regime media that the export of gas can be considered a pressure card in the hands of the  Egyptian regime against Israel and I wondered before why we did not use this pressure card in the war of Gaza !!

Well it turned out that the Egyptian regime possibly could have stopped the war in the first two days  if it has just ordered EMG to push the button and stop the export of gas !! This is according to Oil expert Dr. Ibrahim Zahran who exposed the collaboration of the Oil ministry with Israel.

Already Israel does not have enough gas to consume it in war or peace and thus it is in a very desperate need to any source of gas, yes we have a pressure card we can use if we want and this is why Israel currently is searching for other gas and energy sources.

There is an expected regional dispute between Lebanon and Israel as there are gas in their regional water , Lebanon accused Israel that it wants to steal the gas in its area.

Of course this dispute was overshadowed by the the shocking fact that Gaza turned to be sitting over a pool of gas. British gas already signed a contract with the Palestinian authority in 2000 to explore and drill gas and oil in Gaza sea. Lately British gas announced that there was a gas reserve in Gaza sea that worth about $ 4 billion !! Can you imagine this while Gaza city can’t find energy enough !!??It is like God’s gift to this poor city.

Some people say that Israel launched this war was because Israel wants to control the gas in Gaza sea and that if there is stability in Gaza , Israel will lose control.

Of course I do not think that was the main reason from this fiasco but it can be among the objectives of this fiasco campaigns. They have not achieved that objective thank Goodness.

We must remember that Israel knows very well that Egypt will continue exporting gas to it so cheaply , despite the current regime cooperation,the Israelis think in a future perspective. Israel had hopes in Georgia but Russia put an end to their dream , in fact Russia has not forgotten the Israeli support to Georgia.

Yes we can use the gas as a pressure card but I am afraid this regime does not and did not it use as a pressure card as it should , it does not even care to our economic losses because of this unfair deal , it does not even want to amend the agreement to suite the current economic situation !!

Anyhow we as citizens should not quit the campaign against the export of gas of Israel. We should remind the government day and night with our wide refusal. We should shower the Oil ministry with our refusal.

By the way why does the democratic country like Israel accept to have a deal with the Egyptian government like that without the approval of the Egyptian people ??

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