VOL. XLIII

No. 43

23-OCTOBER-2000

PALESTINE/ISRAEL

Israelis Refuse BG Permit To Survey Gas Prospects Offshore Gaza

MEES learns from BG International that its permit to undertake a site survey offshore Gaza has not been granted by Israeli authorities for security reasons, but that the companys second exploratory well offshore Gaza will nonetheless be underway by the end of 2000 or the beginning of 2001. Earlier, on 17 October, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported that the Israeli Defense Ministry had...