secondary...
Primary is pipelines to EU to sell NG and oil direct... cutting off GAZPROM monopoly.
Hence the chaos in Libya and Iraq.. all those reserves off the market and trying to keep Iran off the market too... follow the money or in this case the NG. Also explains the Israeli position with the large NG finds off their cost 3 years ago..
You’re right.
Israel in addition wouldn’t mind a larger share of Syrian land. Israeli gov’t is very much aligned with the SA and Qatar gov’ts, though Israeli nationals can’t officially enter SA or any of the Gulf states with an Israeli passport. See #19.