All that I can say is that G-d has a really great sense of humor.
Are you reading my post or my mind? :-)
Seriously, is this number 3 or 4 of the major gas / oil fields they have found? How much more than 100 yrs of fuel do they have now?
And that is not on top of their Shale oil and gas ( see the link )
http://www.timesofisrael.com/should-israel-get-oil-out-of-vinegar-for-an-energy-revolution/
But you bring up a point...
The whole Syrian revolt / Putin land grab has been pontificated about in the sense that it was about Arab oil / gas for Europe vs Russian.
So imagine if we had a CIC that fought to sell our fuel to Europe and Israel did the same and they could choose US instead of those other two loons...
Oh, my what different world that would be...