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Source: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-689837
Israel Protests to UN over Lebanese Plans to Drill in Its Maritime Waters
(Jerusalem Post) Tovah Lazaroff - Israel's Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan wrote a letter of protest to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday "regarding the recent tender issued by the Government of Lebanon to grant offshore licenses in maritime areas where Israel asserts sovereign rights or jurisdiction in accordance with international law." At issue is a long-standing dispute over an 860 sq. km. area in the eastern Mediterranean near Israel's natural gas fields. The process stalled when Lebanon sharply increased its demands to 2,300 sq. km. that included the Karish North field in Israeli waters, where drilling is already taking place.