Thursday, April 26, 2012

SCAF appeases masses: Egypt pulls plug on gas treaty with Israel

The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation’s decision to halt natural gas supplies to Israel – not in order to end the squandering of public funds, but due to overdue Israeli payments – has failed to impress campaigners who have long demanded the scrapping of the deal under which Israel has imported 1.7 million cubic meters of Egyptian gas annually since 2008.

Headquarters of the state-owned Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) in Cairo
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Source: http://www.albawaba.com/behind-news/scaf-appeases-masses-egypt-pulls-plug-gas-treaty-israel-422441

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