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Oil is involved so... yes.:-(
Remember the Republicans in the USA are still salivating over how to stop funding to curb Russian aggression while simultaneously wanting to fund Israel.
We went from being one step away to joining with Ukraine to now being one step away from joining Israel.
What oil? Golda Meir famously said this:
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/1973/06/11/archives/mrs-meir-says-moses-made-israel-oilpoor.html
If there is one thing this part of the world is notorious for - other than its eternal conflict and importance to three world religions - it's how remarkably poor in terms of natural resources it is.
I mean Gaza has offshore natural gas.
It does, it's a rare exception, but they were neither known back then nor have been exploited yet.
Interestingly, Israel was brokering a deal between Egypt, the PA and Hamas for exploitation of this field. It would have resulted in energy independence for Gaza and a significant income stream for both Hamas and PA (or more realistically, the offshore accounts of the leaders of both governments). As far as I know, it was close to being finalized, with ongoing negotiations until October 7.
It'll never happen now, of course.
Why negotiate for rights when you can just conquer and take?
That's a weak point to make. Israel could have exploited these fields without a ground war in Gaza.