Following 11 months of bombardment, Likud and Religious Zionist MKs decry maritime border pact that helps fund Hezbollah
Knesset members Dan Illouz (Likud) and Zvi Sukkot (Religious Zionist Party) sent a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday with an urgent demand to cancel the natural gas/maritime border agreement signed between Israel and Lebanon.
The lawmakers said that the agreement, which then-Prime Minister Yair Lapid signed in October 2022, can no longer be maintained “following the daily attacks coming from Lebanese soil since October 7.”
Illouz and Sukkot added that when the accord was signed, they warned against the severe consequences of concessions in the Middle East, which are considered a sign of weakness and encourage further attacks. At the time, Lapid hailed the agreement as a “tremendous” diplomatic, military and economic achievement for Israel.”