Libya Turns Away Oil Tanker in Protest of Israeli Aggression in Gaza

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict An oil tanker set to load crude from a Libyan port was turned away this week because it had made a run to Israel prior to attempting to load in Libya. Libya’s eastern government (the rival to the Tripoli-based GNA) had previously called for an oil embargo on Israel. Head of the GNA and interim president Dbeibah is under immense pressure right now to make a show of protesting Israel’s aggression in Gaza after secret meetings he orchestrated towards normalization with Israel just prior to the Gaza…