{"id":7460,"date":"2022-02-15T14:19:54","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T13:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=7460"},"modified":"2022-03-16T14:39:30","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T13:39:30","slug":"biden-administration-kills-israel-to-europe-gas-pipeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2022\/02\/15\/biden-administration-kills-israel-to-europe-gas-pipeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Administration Kills Israel-to-Europe Gas Pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/2022\/02\/15\/biden-administration-kills-israel-to-europe-gas-pipeline\/greece-israel-cyprus-politics-energy-diplomacy-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7461\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7461\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/eastmed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/eastmed.jpg 600w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/eastmed-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The Biden administration has abruptly withdrawn American support for the Eastern Mediterranean (EastMed) pipeline, a project aimed at shipping natural gas from Israel to European markets.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Biden Administration Kills Israel-to-Europe Gas Pipeline<\/h2>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/18232\/israel-europe-gas-pipeline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gatestone Institute<\/a> | February 15, 2022<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has abruptly withdrawn American support for the Eastern Mediterranean (EastMed) pipeline, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsenergybusiness.com\/projects\/eastern-mediterranean-pipeline-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">project<\/a> aimed at shipping natural gas from Israel to European markets. The White House said the project was antithetical to its \u201cclimate goals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In reaching its decision, which effectively kills EastMed, the White House appears to have caved to pressure from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, who has vociferously opposed the underwater pipeline because it would bypass Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s decision \u2014 reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/opinion\/1176013\/its-not-the-pipeline-stupid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coordinated<\/a> with Turkey but reached <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/multimedia\/podcasts\/1176350\/eastmed-diplomacy-its-not-the-pipeline-stupid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">without<\/a> consulting Israel, Greece or Cyprus, the main countries involved in the project \u2014 undercuts three of the strongest American allies in the Mediterranean region.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/18232\/israel-europe-gas-pipeline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Continue Reading Here<\/a>\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration has abruptly withdrawn American support for the Eastern Mediterranean (EastMed) pipeline, a project aimed at shipping natural gas from Israel to European markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[122,7],"tags":[163,15,9,171,55,65,200,175],"class_list":["post-7460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy-geopolitics","category-geopolitics","tag-cyprus","tag-energy","tag-europe","tag-geopolitics","tag-greece","tag-israel","tag-turkey","tag-united-states"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Biden Administration Kills Israel-to-Europe Gas Pipeline - Soeren Kern | Geopolitical Perspectives on Europe, America and the Middle East<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2022\/02\/15\/biden-administration-kills-israel-to-europe-gas-pipeline\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Biden Administration Kills Israel-to-Europe Gas Pipeline - Soeren Kern | Geopolitical Perspectives on Europe, America and the Middle East\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Biden administration has abruptly withdrawn American support for the Eastern Mediterranean (EastMed) pipeline, a project aimed at shipping natural gas from Israel to European markets.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2022\/02\/15\/biden-administration-kills-israel-to-europe-gas-pipeline\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Soeren Kern | Geopolitical Perspectives on Europe, America and the Middle East\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-02-15T13:19:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-03-16T13:39:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/eastmed.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Soeren Kern\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Soeren Kern\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soerenkern.com\\\/web\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/15\\\/biden-administration-kills-israel-to-europe-gas-pipeline\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soerenkern.com\\\/web\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/15\\\/biden-administration-kills-israel-to-europe-gas-pipeline\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Soeren Kern\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soerenkern.com\\\/web\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/398976192ef9b41439530e643f131b36\"},\"headline\":\"Biden Administration Kills Israel-to-Europe Gas Pipeline\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-15T13:19:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-16T13:39:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soerenkern.com\\\/web\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/15\\\/biden-administration-kills-israel-to-europe-gas-pipeline\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":153,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soerenkern.com\\\/web\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/15\\\/biden-administration-kills-israel-to-europe-gas-pipeline\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soerenkern.com\\\/web\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/eastmed.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Cyprus\",\"Energy\",\"Europe\",\"Geopolitics\",\"Greece\",\"Israel\",\"Turkey\",\"United States\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Energy\",\"Geopolitics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soerenkern.com\\\/web\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/15\\\/biden-administration-kills-israel-to-europe-gas-pipeline\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soerenkern.com\\\/web\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/15\\\/biden-administration-kills-israel-to-europe-gas-pipeline\\\/\",\"name\":\"Biden Administration Kills Israel-to-Europe Gas Pipeline - Soeren Kern | Geopolitical Perspectives on Europe, America and the Middle East\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soerenkern.com\\\/web\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soerenkern.com\\\/web\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/15\\\/biden-administration-kills-israel-to-europe-gas-pipeline\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soerenkern.com\\\/web\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/15\\\/biden-administration-kills-israel-to-europe-gas-pipeline\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soerenkern.com\\\/web\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/eastmed.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-15T13:19:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-16T13:39:30+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soerenkern.com\\\/web\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/398976192ef9b41439530e643f131b36\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soerenkern.com\\\/web\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/15\\\/biden-administration-kills-israel-to-europe-gas-pipeline\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/soerenkern.com\\\/web\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/15\\\/biden-administration-kills-israel-to-europe-gas-pipeline\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soerenkern.com\\\/web\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/15\\\/biden-administration-kills-israel-to-europe-gas-pipeline\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soerenkern.com\\\/web\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/eastmed.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soerenkern.com\\\/web\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/eastmed.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":350},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soerenkern.com\\\/web\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/15\\\/biden-administration-kills-israel-to-europe-gas-pipeline\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soerenkern.com\\\/web\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Geopolitics\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soerenkern.com\\\/web\\\/category\\\/geopolitics\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Biden Administration Kills Israel-to-Europe Gas Pipeline\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soerenkern.com\\\/web\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soerenkern.com\\\/web\\\/\",\"name\":\"Soeren Kern | Geopolitical Perspectives on Europe, America and the Middle East\",\"description\":\"Geopolitical Perspectives on Europe, America and the Middle East\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soerenkern.com\\\/web\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soerenkern.com\\\/web\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/398976192ef9b41439530e643f131b36\",\"name\":\"Soeren Kern\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.soerenkern.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soerenkern.com\\\/web\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Biden Administration Kills Israel-to-Europe Gas Pipeline - Soeren Kern | Geopolitical Perspectives on Europe, America and the Middle East","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2022\/02\/15\/biden-administration-kills-israel-to-europe-gas-pipeline\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Biden Administration Kills Israel-to-Europe Gas Pipeline - Soeren Kern | Geopolitical Perspectives on Europe, America and the Middle East","og_description":"The Biden administration has abruptly withdrawn American support for the Eastern Mediterranean (EastMed) pipeline, a project aimed at shipping natural gas from Israel to European markets.","og_url":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2022\/02\/15\/biden-administration-kills-israel-to-europe-gas-pipeline\/","og_site_name":"Soeren Kern | Geopolitical Perspectives on Europe, America and the Middle East","article_published_time":"2022-02-15T13:19:54+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-03-16T13:39:30+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/eastmed.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Soeren Kern","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Soeren Kern","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2022\/02\/15\/biden-administration-kills-israel-to-europe-gas-pipeline\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2022\/02\/15\/biden-administration-kills-israel-to-europe-gas-pipeline\/"},"author":{"name":"Soeren Kern","@id":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/#\/schema\/person\/398976192ef9b41439530e643f131b36"},"headline":"Biden Administration Kills Israel-to-Europe Gas Pipeline","datePublished":"2022-02-15T13:19:54+00:00","dateModified":"2022-03-16T13:39:30+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2022\/02\/15\/biden-administration-kills-israel-to-europe-gas-pipeline\/"},"wordCount":153,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2022\/02\/15\/biden-administration-kills-israel-to-europe-gas-pipeline\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/eastmed.jpg","keywords":["Cyprus","Energy","Europe","Geopolitics","Greece","Israel","Turkey","United States"],"articleSection":["Energy","Geopolitics"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2022\/02\/15\/biden-administration-kills-israel-to-europe-gas-pipeline\/","url":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2022\/02\/15\/biden-administration-kills-israel-to-europe-gas-pipeline\/","name":"Biden Administration Kills Israel-to-Europe Gas Pipeline - Soeren Kern | Geopolitical Perspectives on Europe, America and the Middle East","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2022\/02\/15\/biden-administration-kills-israel-to-europe-gas-pipeline\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2022\/02\/15\/biden-administration-kills-israel-to-europe-gas-pipeline\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/eastmed.jpg","datePublished":"2022-02-15T13:19:54+00:00","dateModified":"2022-03-16T13:39:30+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/#\/schema\/person\/398976192ef9b41439530e643f131b36"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2022\/02\/15\/biden-administration-kills-israel-to-europe-gas-pipeline\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2022\/02\/15\/biden-administration-kills-israel-to-europe-gas-pipeline\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2022\/02\/15\/biden-administration-kills-israel-to-europe-gas-pipeline\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/eastmed.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/eastmed.jpg","width":600,"height":350},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2022\/02\/15\/biden-administration-kills-israel-to-europe-gas-pipeline\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Geopolitics","item":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/category\/geopolitics\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Biden Administration Kills Israel-to-Europe Gas Pipeline"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/#website","url":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/","name":"Soeren Kern | Geopolitical Perspectives on Europe, America and the Middle East","description":"Geopolitical Perspectives on Europe, America and the Middle East","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/#\/schema\/person\/398976192ef9b41439530e643f131b36","name":"Soeren Kern","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.soerenkern.com"],"url":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7460"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7463,"href":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7460\/revisions\/7463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}