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At the beginning of the US-Israel war over Iran, reports emerged that Jordan and Egypt had cut off gas supplies to Syria. The reports came as minor details amid the shock of the latest episode of US-Israeli aggression in the Middle East \u2013 part of an ongoing effort to reshape the region.<\/p>\n
Yet such seemingly irrelevant reports conceal the long-term, non-military processes through which that reshaping is physically enacted. The news made it clear that Israel has increasing energy control over the region \u2013 which could help advance its colonialist agenda.<\/p>\n
In January, Egypt began supply<\/a> Syria receives 2.8 million cubic meters (98.9 million cubic feet) of gas per day through the Arab Gas Pipeline, which runs from El Arish in Egypt via Taba to Aqaba in Jordan and then north to Amman, then to Damascus and Homs in Syria and from there to Tripoli in Lebanon. An MoU was also signed with Lebanon for the import of gas from Egypt, but as per reports<\/a>Due to technical challenges, gas flow has not started yet.<\/p>\n Also in January, Jordan’s state-owned National Electric Power Company signed an agreement<\/a> With the Syrian Petroleum Company to supply 4 million cubic meters (141.2 million cubic feet) of gas per day.<\/p>\n As news of the agreements emerged, a central question emerged: where would Egypt and Jordan get the gas for export?<\/p>\n Egypt is a gas producer, but its local production has declined over the past few years, impacting gas production. six year low<\/a> Of 49.3 billion cubic meters<\/a> (1.7 trillion cubic feet) in 2024. In the same year, its imports reached a record high of 14.6 bcm (515.6 billion cubic feet), of which approximately 10bcm (353 billion cubic feet) came<\/a> From Israel. Last year, Cairo signed a 35 billion dollar deal<\/a> To import Israeli gas from Israel by 2040, increasing its previous supply by 2bcm (70.6 billion cubic feet) per year.<\/p>\n Although Egypt is a gas importer, it also exports gas. However, reports are contradictory on what gas it is selling to Syria. Some?<\/a> Says it is of Israeli origin, while others claim it is of Israeli origin Liquefied gas destined for Egypt<\/a>Received in the Jordanian port of Aqaba, where it is regasified and pumped north via the Arab Gas Pipeline.<\/p>\n Unlike Egypt, Jordan is not a major gas producing country. The contribution of gas in local production is less than 5 percent (PDF<\/a>) needs. it Import<\/a> The rest, about 3.6 bcm (127 billion cubic feet) per year, comes mostly from Israel, but also from Egypt and some LNG sources.<\/p>\n When a Syrian official was questioned about the source of Jordanian gas sales to Syria express reaction<\/a> The imported gas was “not of Jordanian origin”, but was liquefied natural gas purchased from global markets and regasified in Aqaba.<\/p>\n The Arab Gas Pipeline \u2013 once the symbol of joint Arab development projects \u2013 has become the primary means of exporting Israeli gas to both Jordan and Egypt. Pipelines carrying gas from the Leviathan field off the coast of Haifa connect to a pipeline network in northern Jordan’s Mafraq governorate, from where the gas flows south toward the Egyptian border.<\/p>\n Any independent LNG shipment arriving by tanker at the Aqaba terminal would have to enter the Arab gas pipeline system, where it would essentially mix with Israeli gas already flowing through the network. Once inside the system, it becomes part of the shared “gas mixture” distributed among interconnected states. Crucially, Israeli gas is the backbone of long-term supply through the pipeline.<\/p>\n As a result, LNG shipments are likely to be handled through a regional clearing mechanism. For example, gas imported as LNG can be sent to Egypt via Aqaba \u2013 the nearest point in the network \u2013 while an equivalent amount of Israeli gas entering the system in northern Jordan is redirected to Syria. This arrangement avoids the logistical and financial costs associated with reversing pipeline flows or transporting gas over long distances.<\/p>\n When Israel shut down gas production at the Leviathan field, gas flows to Jordan and Egypt immediately stopped, plunging both countries into crisis and forcing them to activate emergency plans to cope with the sudden shortage.<\/p>\n It was the second such disruption in less than a year. the same field was closed for 13 days<\/a> During a 12-day Israeli attack on Iran last June, supplies to Jordan and Egypt were cut again.<\/p>\n When this happened this time, Amman announced a cut and partial suspension of gas supplied to Syria. there was also cairo forced to suspend<\/a> Export to Syria.<\/p>\n Therefore, the physical reality appears to contradict the official narrative: the gas reaching Syria and, in the future, Lebanon, is, in practice, Israeli gas.<\/p>\n Even when Israel is not the immediate supplier in a given transaction, the system is still structurally dependent on Israeli gas. Once Israeli exports stopped, the entire network collapsed.<\/p>\n Jordan’s own emergency plan following the Israeli gas blockage includes importing LNG from global markets via Aqaba. The alternative clearly exists even under current circumstances. If that route remains available, why were supplies to Syria reduced or stopped?<\/p>\n Whatever the explanation, the facts confirm that Israel is at the center of an emerging regional gas system. This centrality gives it considerable political advantage. Energy supply has already been deployed as a political tool \u2013 for example, in threats Reconsider the gas agreement<\/a> With Egypt under the pretext of alleged peace treaty violation.<\/p>\n More clearly, Israel has demonstrated its willingness to weaponize essential infrastructure and utilities. During the genocide in Gaza, electricity, energy and water \u2013 as well as the infrastructure that sustains them \u2013 were systematically targeted and cut off, deployed as a means of mass punishment and destruction.<\/p>\n Lebanon and Syria are in dire need of electricity. That urgency is being used to justify integration into a regional energy network centered on Israel. Under such circumstances, questions regarding the origin of the gas are likely to be sidelined, and Israel’s structural centrality in the regional energy system tacitly ignored.<\/p>\n The result will be a system that places both countries, along with Egypt and Jordan, within an infrastructure where supply disruptions are possible at any time and where the decisive lever is ultimately in Israel’s hands.<\/p>\n This is a clear example of how the Zionist settler-colonial project is expanding not only through military aggression but also through economic power and energy networks.<\/p>\n It moves through an infrastructure that appears mundane and technological, yet ultimately embraces society. Once established, it becomes exceptionally difficult to break away from such systems, as they control the essentials of everyday life: electricity, water and energy.<\/p>\n Syria and Lebanon have an option \u2013 to develop their own energy reserves. Syrian onshore gas reserves 280bcm<\/a> (9,888 trillion cubic feet) and offshore – possibly 250bcm<\/a> (8,829 trillion cubic feet); Lebanon may have as much 700bcm<\/a> (24,720 trillion cubic feet) in offshore reserves. Developing these energy resources will require not only time and adequate financing, but also strong political will, especially to resist political pressure from Israel and the US, to opt for dependence on Israeli gas.<\/p>\n Today, Syrian and Lebanese political leaders may be tempted by the promise of quick and easy economic security and reliable living conditions. But such security would be illusory. Ultimate control will lie in the hands of the State whose ability to cut off supplies \u2013 and to use that interruption as an instrument of destruction, political coercion and colonial expansion \u2013 is already visible to all.<\/p>\n The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the editorial stance of Al Jazeera.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At the beginning of the US-Israel war over Iran, reports emerged that Jordan and Egypt had cut off gas supplies to Syria. The reports came as minor details amid the shock of the latest episode of US-Israeli aggression in the Middle East \u2013 part of an ongoing effort to reshape the region. 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When Israeli gas is cut off the entire network shuts down<\/h2>\n
cage of dependency<\/h2>\n