Israel's Enormous Natural Gas Reserves And It's Relationship With The U.S. And Putin's Russia

Israel's Oil Weapon -- Gene Schwimmer, American Thinker

Seemingly out of nowhere, geopolitics have been all but turned upside down in the Middle East, thanks to the discovery of massive energy resources in Israeli territory. As a nascent Oil Power, the Jewish State is only beginning to contemplate the new dynamics of influence available to it.

The world knows Vladimir Putin as President of Russia; however, to Putin's official title, allow me to suggest a second appellation, unofficial, but no less descriptive: Israel's New Best Friend. Until recently, one could characterize Russia's position vis-à-vis Israel as, at best ambivalent: cordial relations with Jerusalem on the one hand, while supplying weapons, nuclear technology and other assistance to her enemies on the other.

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My Comment: There are a million+ Russian Jews who now live in Israel .... so there is an immediate connection already to Putin's Russia. The key is how will both countries manage this relationship .... my gut is telling me that they are going to handle it very well.