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 planned project just needs approval from both governments to go ahead. The land thieves in West Jerusalem are keen to sign off on the move to plunder more resources, having already taken over 78% of historic Palestine, and occupied the rest. Cypriot energy group Cyfield have given the deal their go-ahead, so now all that remains is the signature of the Cypriot government. 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.
Britain and Cyprus jointly assist genocide in Palestine
This wouldn’t be the first case of joint British-Cypriot complicity in Zionist crimes. Throughout the genocidal onslaught against Gaza, Britain has used land it still occupies in the Mediterranean nation to launch spy flights that have assisted the Zionist entity in gathering intelligence over Gaza. Using RAF Akrotiri as the launching point, at times during the last two years Britain has been operating the plurality of such operations over the besieged strip, more than so-called ‘Israel’ itself. This is a level of involvement that goes beyond complicity in a holocaust, and instead amounts to active participation. DropSite News also reports “senior sources” from the British military divulging the capacity for Zionist F-35s to “render technical assistance at the RAF Akrotiri base in Cyprus”.
Meanwhile, the Cypriot government has allowed Israelis to essentially establish colonies across the island in recent years, with the Cradle reporting the acquisition of over 4,000 properties since 2021, which have been in many cases turned into “nearly inaccessible ‘gated communities’”.
Stefanos Stefanou, a spokesperson for the Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL) referred to Israeli newspapers which:
…speak of a targeted policy of expansion of Israel in Cyprus.
He continued:
These are not just holiday homes. These are settlements in all but name.
Given the scale of Israeli crimes, there’s a very real possibility these areas may now harbour Israeli Genocide Forces (IGF) war criminals. The Cradle also quote Israeli newspaper Haaretz, reporting that:
…Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency was active in Cyprus and was using it for “safehouse operations.“
Zionists have always had an eye on Cyprus
Middle East Eye has reported how the Zionist project since its inception has had its eyes on Cyprus, with an article on the topic describing how:
The Zionists have always referred to the ancient Hebrew colonies in Cyprus, whose ancient Hebrew name (which is still used in modern Hebrew) is “Kafrisim”, including Paphos and Salamis, as a precedent for future colonisation.
Davis Trietsch was a frequent correspondent with Zionism founder Theodore Herzl, and spoke of his:
…natural and beautiful idea [that] a return to the Old Land could very well be combined with a colonisation in Cyprus.
Various colonies were established around the turn of the 19th century, including by the unambiguously titled Jewish Colonisation Association, who set one up for Jewish people from Russia in 1897. Over time Cyprus moved to a position that was largely in solidarity with Palestinians, before a recent warming of relations with the Zionist entity over the last 15 years.
The pipeline will extend from the Karish gas field, which had been the centre of a maritime border dispute between the illegitimate Zionist state and Lebanon, until it was resolved under US mediation in 2022. Interestingly, Hezbollah did not ultimately oppose the deal, having previously described it as a “red line”. It seems the dire state of the Lebanese economy was sufficient to push even the Iran-backed group to back down and accept a deal that Marc Ayoub, an associate fellow at the American University in Beirut, described as one that “gives more advantages to Israel…than Lebanon.”
Energy deals bolster Zionist regional position
Various deals with potential regional adversaries have been a means of the Zionist entity shoring up both revenues and bolstering its strategic position. An agreement is at an advanced stage for supply of gas to Egypt, under a:
…15-year transmission agreement for Israel’s planned Nitzana pipeline…
Similar to Lebanon, the Egyptian economy is in a sorry state, and has been suffering an energy crisis in recent years. From this weak position, it seems they too will place themselves partly at the mercy of the criminal regime to their east. We have seen the devastating effects suffered by Gaza through having its fuel supplies cut off by the settler-colony which blockades them, and now Egypt and Cyprus may find themselves in a similar position, though to a less extreme extent.
Setting up these relationships also creates a deterrent for any future Iranian missile campaign. Tehran already seemed reluctant to extensively target Zionist energy infrastructure, and that position may deepen if it realises it will generate additional ire in those countries supplied by West Jerusalem. Karish was one of the oil fields ‘Israel’ turned off as a precaution while under Iranian bombardment.
An insight into the strategic thinking can be seen in comments made by Israeli Energy and Infrastructure Minister Eli Cohen, when he said of the Cypriot deal:
Selling gas to Cyprus will strengthen Israel’s diplomatic standing in the region and among European countries, contribute to greater stability and prosperity in our area, and generate billions of shekels in revenue for the state. I intend to continue advancing the expansion of Israeli gas export targets.
Britain must take action against corporations for their role in economy of genocide
Britain’s role must be to hold to account the company it hosts both physically and on its stock exchange. Energean is a long-time partner of the Zionist pseudo-state, having begun its relationship there in 2012 through work related to the Tanin Field. From there it has continued on pipe laying and the Karish facility. CEO Mathias Rigas enthused about the potential Cyprus deal:
Our proposal offers a practical and efficient solution to reduce Cyprus’s energy isolation by providing direct access to natural gas from a neighbouring source, thereby enhancing regional energy cooperation and supporting the transition to cleaner, more sustainable energy.
Cleaner than oil perhaps, but new climate wrecking fossil fuel developments simply amount to another arm to ‘Israeli’ destructiveness. It begs the question why such energy ‘solutions’ are being undertaken rather than the likes of solar or offshore wind in a region bathed in sunlight and with a vast coast.
Energean’s role in the Zionist market makes it a key player in what Francesca Albanese termed the “economy of genocide“. She spoke of corporations’ key role in “colonial racial capitalism” and insisted on:
…accountability for corporate entities and their executives at both domestic and international levels: commercial endeavours enabling and profiting from the obliteration of innocent people’s lives must cease.
Fuel plundering has its own section in the report, with BP singled out for criticism:
At a time of increasing brutality, British BP p.l.c. is expanding involvement in the Israeli economy, with exploration licences confirmed in March 2025, which allow BP to explore Palestinian maritime expanses illegally exploited by Israel.
A British government up to its neck in Palestinian blood can add gas to a list of holocaust participation that now includes – at minimum – arms exports, spy flights, diplomatic cover, reputation whitewashing, war criminal harbouring and IGF training. With a list like that there’s slim hope of a sudden shift, but eager eyes in the Palestine solidarity movement can add Energean and BP executives to the list of those who must face justice when the reckoning eventually comes.
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