I wonder why Papad is pushing Cypress so hard on Israel?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Papadopoulos

Papadopoulos was an unpaid intern at the Hudson Institute from 2011 to 2015

in another, published in Ha'aretz, he contended that Israel should exploit its natural gas resources in partnership with Cyprus and Greece rather than Turkey.

2017 showed that Papadopoulos also co-authored an expert opinion that was delivered to the Israeli Energy Ministry on June 20, 2015, on a proposed plan to develop the offshore gas fields, named Leviathan, found in Israel's territorial waters on behalf of the Hudson Institute.

Money was donated to Hudson Institute by the CEO of Noble Energy. Houston TX, based Noble Energy is heavily invested in Israeli gas together with the Israeli energy group Delek.

In September 2015, Papadopoulos left the Hudson Institute and joined Energy Stream, a London energy consultancy, as an oil and gas consultant for four months before joining Ben Carson's presidential campaign

Papadopoulos contended that Israel should exploit its natural gas resources in partnership with Cyprus and Greece rather than Turkey.