The bill that could lead to a crisis with Lebanon and Egypt - the Maritime Areas Act
The Economics Committee will discuss the draft maritime areas law, which gives the Israeli government the right to determine its economic water lines at sea until there is an agreement in areas adjacent to Egypt and Lebanon
Ami Rukhas Domba 7/05/2018 Contact author
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The Knesset Economics Committee will discuss Monday the "Maritime Areas Bill, 2017." The proposal discusses, among other things, the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf of the State of Israel, two issues related to the conflict with Lebanon over Mediterranean energy resources.
Although Lebanon is not mentioned explicitly in the bill, the proposal speaks of the definitions of the economic waters of the State of Israel. "Ensuring the development and utilization of the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf, including for the natural resources found therein," the proposal states.
The exclusive economic zone is increased in Article 9 of the bill. "The exclusive economic zone of the State of Israel is the Mediterranean Sea beyond the coastal waters up to 200 nautical miles from the baselines, including the seabed of the same strip." The exclusive economic zone of the State of Israel, an exclusive economic zone of another state, Of the State of Israel in the area overlapping between the territories, in an agreement with that State, and as long as such an agreement has not been reached - in accordance with the rules of international law. "
"There are therefore two options for defining the continental shelf, which can be defined as the sea floor and subsoil to the edge of the continent, or if the edge of the continent ends less than 200 nautical miles from the baselines, it can be defined as the sea floor and subsoil 200 nautical miles from the baselines, a similar provision also exists in the continental shelf charter, "the proposal states, based on the Sea Convention.
"In the geographical features of the State of Israel, the edge of the Mediterranean continent ends at a distance of less than 200 nautical miles, and therefore it is proposed to adopt the alternative definition mentioned above and to determine that the continental shelf of the State of Israel is the Mediterranean Sea - the sea floor (beyond the coastal waters, up to 200 nautical miles from the baselines), and there is a reservation regarding Israeli sovereignty: "It should be emphasized that the application of the State Property Law to natural resources in the exclusive economic zone does not constitute a claim to sovereignty in that area.
A critical section of legislation is Chapter I, Article 30, which states that the Government, through the Israel Mapping Center, will determine the geographic points on or near the coastline that will be used to determine the baselines from which marine areas are measured and may inform in its decision the end of all marine areas Some of them.
This means that until the borders of the shared territories at the sea with Egypt and Lebanon are regulated in negotiations, the State of Israel can determine exclusively the limits of its exclusive economic zone - and thus its right to energy resources in that area.
http://www.israeldefense.co.il/he/node/34087
The Economics Committee will discuss the draft maritime areas law, which gives the Israeli government the right to determine its economic water lines at sea until there is an agreement in areas adjacent to Egypt and Lebanon
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The Knesset Economics Committee will discuss Monday the "Maritime Areas Bill, 2017." The proposal discusses, among other things, the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf of the State of Israel, two issues related to the conflict with Lebanon over Mediterranean energy resources.
Although Lebanon is not mentioned explicitly in the bill, the proposal speaks of the definitions of the economic waters of the State of Israel. "Ensuring the development and utilization of the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf, including for the natural resources found therein," the proposal states.
The exclusive economic zone is increased in Article 9 of the bill. "The exclusive economic zone of the State of Israel is the Mediterranean Sea beyond the coastal waters up to 200 nautical miles from the baselines, including the seabed of the same strip." The exclusive economic zone of the State of Israel, an exclusive economic zone of another state, Of the State of Israel in the area overlapping between the territories, in an agreement with that State, and as long as such an agreement has not been reached - in accordance with the rules of international law. "
"There are therefore two options for defining the continental shelf, which can be defined as the sea floor and subsoil to the edge of the continent, or if the edge of the continent ends less than 200 nautical miles from the baselines, it can be defined as the sea floor and subsoil 200 nautical miles from the baselines, a similar provision also exists in the continental shelf charter, "the proposal states, based on the Sea Convention.
"In the geographical features of the State of Israel, the edge of the Mediterranean continent ends at a distance of less than 200 nautical miles, and therefore it is proposed to adopt the alternative definition mentioned above and to determine that the continental shelf of the State of Israel is the Mediterranean Sea - the sea floor (beyond the coastal waters, up to 200 nautical miles from the baselines), and there is a reservation regarding Israeli sovereignty: "It should be emphasized that the application of the State Property Law to natural resources in the exclusive economic zone does not constitute a claim to sovereignty in that area.
A critical section of legislation is Chapter I, Article 30, which states that the Government, through the Israel Mapping Center, will determine the geographic points on or near the coastline that will be used to determine the baselines from which marine areas are measured and may inform in its decision the end of all marine areas Some of them.
This means that until the borders of the shared territories at the sea with Egypt and Lebanon are regulated in negotiations, the State of Israel can determine exclusively the limits of its exclusive economic zone - and thus its right to energy resources in that area.
http://www.israeldefense.co.il/he/node/34087