From last year: Europe’s race to secure alternatives to Russian energy supplies is reviving a long-forsaken Palestinian initiative to extract natural #gas off the coast of the blockaded #Gaza Strip.

Palestinian officials said that rapidly advancing negotiations with Egyptian investors could bring a rare glimmer of hope to Palestinians, after plans to develop Gaza’s gas — along with plans for the creation of a Palestinian state — were sidelined by more than two decades of grinding conflict with Israel and equally intractable Palestinian political divisions.

#europe #egypt #israel #energy #russia #MediterraneanSea
#politics #economy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/11/25/gaza-gas-israel-partnership-hamas-egypt/