Eco-terrorism or negligence
It looks like the current environmental disaster that came down on the coast of Israel in the form of massive oil pollution is of human-caused origin. And a well-definite party, Iran, had a hand in it, because it has threatened to wipe out the Jewish state long ago. However, without being able to do it through military means, it is not afraid to use such dirty tricks as a veritable environmental terrorism. It is that definition which the Minister of Ecology Gila Gamliel said during her press conference in Jerusalem. According to her, a ship called Emerald was implicated in that act. About a month before the accident, this ship left the Iranian port and passed through the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean Sea.
And what is particularly interesting, when entering the economic waters of Egypt, the tanker’s automatic identification system was off for almost 24 hours. Then, during the passage through the canal, it was turned on, but when coming to the Israeli economic zone, it was turned off again. On its own, this looks suspicious, and if we take into account that three weeks after the tanker’s passage, oil began to be cast ashore, this is doubly suspicious.
Yes, there is no direct evidence that it was a deliberate action, and Israel hasn’t officially pressed charges against Iran yet. However, the coincidences are too strange to be ignored. For this reason, the chairman of Jerusalem Hand Organization Baruch Leviev, categorically insists on conducting a thorough investigation with the involvement of international organizations and countries neighboring Iran. After all, it is entirely possible that next time they will become victims of such accident.
In addition, the organization also urges to demand compensation from Iran for what happened. Even assuming that it was the result of unintentional mishaps, such as an emergency or an accident, the damage caused to nature is really great. The oiled shoreline stretched for 160 km, and experts state that this is the hardest ecological disaster in Israel in recent decades. And in order to totally eliminate its consequences, it will take not just the months, but the years.
Impunity always provokes a repetition of such accidents. In addition, it is not in the interests of Israel at all to allow it for itself.
