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āChasing Dollarsā: Rishi Sunak Under Scrutiny For Rejecting Gaza Ceasefire
Critics have slammed Sunak for his governmentās blind pro-Israel stance and lack of moral clarity or leadership as a genocide unfolds in Gaza.
Safaa KasraouiNov. 08, 2023 8:19 p.m.
Many, including netizens, have been looking for answers to explore why the British PM would disagree with a ceasefire, undertaking efforts to also know more about his family background in the search for reasons behind his cabinetās blatant complicity in the war crimes being perpetrated on a daily basis by Israel against the Palestinian people. .
Some have suggested that one of the reasons could be the financial interests of Sunakās family, recalling Israelās October 30 decision to award gas exploration licences to two companies, including BP, a multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London.
The announcement came amid Israeli shelling against Gaza.
Months before the Israeli announcement, news reports in May reported on Infosys, an Indian IT firm owned by Rishi Sunakās in-laws, which signed a $1.5 billion deal with BP in May.
Infosys is a large technology company co-founded by Sunak father in law.
News outlet the National said on August 2 that ājust two months before Rishi Sunak opened hundreds of new licences for oil and gas extraction in the North Sea, an IT firm founded by his father-in-law signed a $1.5 billion deal with energy giant BP.ā
This comes amid criticism from many, including opposition parties and climate change petitioners, who opposed his announcement of 100 new licences for oil and gas extraction in the North Sea.
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Sunakās support for gas drilling also caught the attention of many netizens, who directly accused him of prioritizing his family's financial interest over peace.
āUKās Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has Palestinian blood on his hands,ā one commentator said on X, previously known as Twitter.
āTurns out Rishiās wife is getting MEGA rich off this war. Her dad is co-founder of Infosys. Zionists just awarded gas exploration licences to several gas companies, one of them was BP. Rishiās wife just signed a deal worth 1.5 billion dollars with BP via her company infosys, because BP was awarded a licence by Israel,ā the commentator added.
https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2023/11/358843/chasing-dollars-rishi-sunak-under-scrutiny-for-rejecting-gaza-ceasefire
Eni, BP (British Petroleum) Enter Israel's Upstream Despite War in Gaza
Israel has awarded European majors Eni and BP offshore oil and gas exploration blocks as part of its fourth upstream bid round, just as its war with Palestinian militant group Hamas threatens to spread beyond the Gaza Strip.
https://www.energyintel.com/0000018b-8162-d7ef-a1ff-b3eb77600000
Sunakās family firm signed a billion-dollar deal with BP before PM opened new North Sea licences
The CEO of one of Infosys' other major clients, Shell, also joined Rishi Sunak's new business council two weeks ago.
Jack Peat by Jack Peat 2023-08-01 08:28 in Politics
A firm founded by Rishi Sunakās father-in-law signed a billion-dollar deal with BP two months before the prime minister opened hundreds of new licences for oil and gas extraction in the North Sea.
In May, the Times of India reported that Infosys bagged a huge deal from the global energy company which is thought to be the second-largest in the history of the firm.
The Indian IT company is owned by the prime ministerās wifeās family although Sunak has insisted the matter is of āno legitimate public interestā.
It has since come to light that the IT giant has been involved in Ā£172 million worth of public sector contracts in the UK, and even the most innocent bystanders would admit that the current drive to increase oil and gas exploration in the North Sea is more than convenient.
Whatās more, it is made even more convenient by the fact that one of Infosysā other major clients is Shell, whose CEO joined Rishi Sunakās new business council two weeks ago and promised a ācandid collaborationā with his government.
Sunak's family firm Infosys also signed a deal reported to be worth $1.5billion with BP just two months ago. pic.twitter.com/FNa9UIjqqM
ā Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) July 31, 2023
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/sunaks-family-firm-signed-a-billion-dollar-deal-with-bp-before-pm-opened-new-north-sea-licences-353690/
Everybody Wants Gaza's Gas
The $500 billion windfall shoring up EU supplies
RACHEL DONALD OCT 31, 2023
Gas in Gaza (excerpt)
In 1999, BG Group (BGG) discovered a large gas field between 17 and 21 nautical miles off the coast of Gaza. According to the Oslo II accords, the Palestine National Authority has maritime jurisdiction up to 20 nautical miles off of Gazaās coast. In November 1999, the PNA signed a 25-year contract for gas exploration with BGG.
The reserves were estimated at 1 trillion cubic feet and would meet Palestineās demands and allow for exports. Ehud Barak, Israelās Prime Minister at the time, approved authorisation for BGG to drill the first well in July 2000. They struck gas gold. Palestine and Israel began to negotiate and the deal was seen to benefit both Israeli demand and Palestinian supply.
However, a change in Israeli leadership soured the deal, with Ariel Sharonās government allegedly driving the rejection of a supply deal between the Palestinian gas field and the state-owned Israel Electric Corporation. In May 2002, the UKās then-PM, Tony Blair, got involved and Sharon agreed to negotiate an agreement for the annual supply of 0.05 trillion cubic feet of Palestinian gas for a period of 10 to 15 years.
However, he changed his mind in 2003 stating that the funds could be used to support terrorism.
Ehud Olmertās government, spurred on by the new PM, agreed to reopen negotiations with BGG in April 2007. Starting 2009, Israel would purchase 0.05 trillion cubic feet of Palestinian gas for $4 billion annually, creating a good atmosphere for peace, it was argued.
However, the 2007 Battle of Gaza in which Hamas took control of the strip changed the deal once more, with Hamas looking to increase the original 10% Palestinian share in the BGG deal. An Israeli team of of negotiators was set up by the Government of Israel to formulate a deal with BGG, bypassing both the Palestinian government and PNA, effectively nullifying the contract signed in 1999 between BGG and PNA. However, in December 2007, BGG withdrew from negotiations with the Israeli government.
In June 2008, the Israeli government recontacted BGG to urgently renegotiate the deal. The UN report states: āThe decision to speed up negotiations with BGG coincided, chronologically, with the planning of an Israeli military operation in Gaza, whereby it would appear that the Government of Israel wished to reach an agreement with BGG prior to the military operation, which was already in an advanced planning stage.ā
Israelās invasion of Gaza in December 2008 brought the Palestinian gas fields under Israeli controlāwithout regard for international law. BGG has been dealing with the Israeli government ever since. The UN estimates billions of dollars in loss for the Palestinian people.
https://www.planetcritical.com/p/everybody-wants-gazas-gas
Everybody Wants Gaza's Gas
RACHEL DONALD OCT 31, 2023
Why share when you can export?
The USAās and EUās allyship with Israel has been steadfast since the stateās creation in 1948, with agreements strengthening ties ever since. In June 2022, under pressure to find another source of gas since Russiaās invasion of Ukraine, the EU signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a different colonising force to import gas from the Leviathan gas field. This gas field, the biggest of recent discoveries, holds 22 trillion cubic feet in recoverable natural gas and could meet Israelās domestic demands for 40 years.
The USA went one further, creating a USA-Israel energy cooperation agreement which stipulates that āUnited States-Israel energy cooperation and the development of natural resources by Israel are in the strategic interest of the United Statesā, promising to assist Israel with āregional safety and security issuesā.
Natural gas is seen as a resource to āpositively impact regional securityā, which is policy jargon for building trading bridges with neighbouring Arab countries. Egypt began importing gas from the Leviathan field in 2020, and signed the MoU with Israel and the EU last year.
Natural gas, or āLNGā is being used as a political ploy around the world to deepen political relationships and economic interdependence as the world shifts from oil not out of morality but simply because oil reserves are running dry. Branded as a transition fuel by everyone from fossil fuel chiefs to the French President, LNG is the darling fossil fuel with 40% less carbon dioxide emissions than coal (a low bar), and 125 years of global supply in current reserves.
The USA, the worldās biggest producer and exporter of LNG, is banking on the energy transition going gassy before it goes green. 20 new LNG terminals, transporting gas from Southwestās Permian Basin, are expected to be approved by Bidenās administration this year. -Bookmarked for exports, analysts say the greenhouse-gas emissions associated with it would be twenty times larger than those from the oil drilling at Willow, the much-protested new oil field in Alaska.ā
https://www.planetcritical.com/p/everybody-wants-gazas-gas