During the most recent maritime discussions between Lebanon and the Israeli side, the Lebanese delegation "did not recognize the already known 860-square-kilometer disputed zone but claimed 1,430 additional square kilometers that include a substantial part of the Karish field -- supposedly in Israeli waters -- in what was called the maximalist claim of Lebanon". As shown in the picture above, Line 23 was the one claimed by Lebanon during Hof's mediation back in 2011/2012 but…

I suppose the easiest answer is that he wasn't thinking at all. At this point, we're used to lousy and incompetent ministers but it's one thing to be a lousy economy minister in such circumstances and a whole different story to go as far as addressing the Beirut Explosion investigating judging and asking him to rule out acts of terrorism and war in a bid to speed up the settlement of insurance claims. Not only…