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Negotiations likely to start over in Israel-Cyprus gas field dispute

Israel’s Energy Minister Karine Elharar is reexamining the Israel-Cyprus dispute over the gas field on their maritime border.

Leviathan gas field
A view of the platform of the Leviathan natural gas field in the Mediterranean Sea is pictured from the northern Israeli coastal city of Caesarea on Dec. 19, 2019. — JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images

The discovery of gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean Sea in the last decade has led to quite a few territorial disputes among the nations of the region over gas extraction rights.

One such dispute is between Turkey and Cyprus over Turkey’s claim to the rights of Turkish Cyprus over nearby territorial waters.

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