Cyprus – Lebanon deal deepens Europe’s neocolonial energy push

The Cypriot and Lebanese governments have signed a historic Mediterranean demarcation deal. The agreement would bring Lebanon closer to the EU and allow energy resources to be exploited. The deal follows an agreement between Cyprus and Israel to steal Palestinian energy resources, pumping them straight to Cyprus.

Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides signed the agreement in Lebanon:

This is a historical agreement, concluding an issue pending for many years and now look forward to what our countries can jointly create.

A preliminary deal was signed in 2007, but was severely delayed. All in all, Cyprus is a key node for the EU to extract resources from the Middle East. This includes as part of a genocide economy.

Cyprus and the genocide economy

As the Canary reported on 5 November, the British are deeply involved.

The genocide economy is set to get a big boost, with British-based energy firm Energean preparing to construct a pipeline that would see gas pumped to Cyprus from an offshore rig in stolen maritime territory in Palestine.

The move would be the first time gas was imported from the settler state into Europe:

Cyprus will be the first European nation to import natural gas from the apartheid settler-colony, a disgraceful breach of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign and international law, as it funds a genocide.

Cyprus has served as a conduit and base for British collusion in Israel’s genocide. British spy planes gathered intelligence over Gaza for the Israelis throughout the genocide.

As our friends at Declassified UK reported in May:

All the British spy flights have taken off from RAF Akrotiri, the UK’s sprawling air base on Cyprus, and have been in the air for around six hours.

Gaza sits around 30 minutes flight time from the base so it is likely the RAF has gathered around 1,000 hours of surveillance footage over Gaza.

The UK has backed Israel to the hilt since 7 October 2023. It has trained Israeli personnel, and given various forms of direct support to the regime. Meanwhile, Cyprus has major defence contracts with Israel. It’s no surprise that the UK, Cyprus and the EU have their eyes on resources in the region.

Featured image via the Canary