April 2013 Talks between Israeli and Turkish officials about the botched 2010 raid of an aid vessel bound for Gaza were held in Ankara on Monday. Israel’s prime minister issued an official apology only a month ago, and this is the first time the two countries have formally talked about the incident since it happened. The […]
Protecting Gas Fields
April 2013 After recently discovering vast stores of natural gas in the waters of Israel’s Exclusive Economic Zone, the country will now face a huge challenge in securing any apparatus that is constructed to harvest the valuable natural resource. The discovery of such a valuable resource has complicated the security situation in the region immensely, but Israel […]
Oil Draws Naval Powers
March 2013 The discovery of potential oil and gas reserves off the coast of the Levant has drawn numerous foreign naval powers to the waters of the eastern Mediterranean and has further complicated the security situation in the Middle East. Local governments, regional players and world superpowers all seem to be descending on this now […]
Gaza Fishing Zone Confrontation
December 2012 Israeli maritime authorities shot and wounded a sole fisherman off the coast of Gaza this past week, because he refused to move his vessel from waters that Israel claims he was violating. While Israel, under the United Nations Council on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), maintains complete sovereignty over territorial waters up […]