[Regarding the "multipolarista" debate here]: It is well-known that Israel’s Gaza genocide is principally enabled by the constant supply of tens of billions of dollars of killing equipment by the United States, making it the principle accomplice in the genocide, with Germany coming in a close second.
An important secondary question, however, is that of who continues to supply most of the state’s oil and coal (Israel has its own Mediterranean gas supplies) that keep the Israeli economy and war machine running. It may surprise some that the main culprits have been publicly critical of Israel’s actions, including BRICS members Russia, Brazil, Egypt and China, as well as some who have condemned Israel most furiously, such as BRICS member South Africa and, indirectly, Turkey. According to S&P Global in late October 2023: “With almost no domestic crude or condensate production, Israel has been importing around 300,000 b/d of crude this year to process at its two refineries in Haifa and Ashdod. Israel’s biggest source of oil is the Kazakh-sourced CPC Blend crude *exported via Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiisk* and Azeri Light which is *shipped from Turkey’s Mediterranean port of Ceyhan*. Together they accounted for over half of Israel’s crude imports <https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/en/market-insights/latest-news/oil/101823-opec-plays-down-irans-call-for-oil-embargo-on-israel-after-hospital-blast> this year” [emphasis added]. Full: https://theirantiimperialismandours.com/2024/07/09/brics-and-israels-ongoing-energy-supplies/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#31146): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/31146 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/107211097/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
