Oil nears $110 a barrel after gas field strike

Re:Oil nears $110 a barrel after gas field strike by epsters on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @04:15PM (#47430871)

Israeli Defense Minister said earlier today that “Significant surprises are expected today across all arenas that will escalate the war to a new level.” And now they have targeted the world's largest gas field (shared with Qatar).

Iranians have said they would retaliate against oil fields and refineries in Israel and the Gulf. But since the majority of US air defenses have been diverted in defense of Israel it looks like the gulf arab states will bear the brunt of the retaliation. It looks like they have already successfully struck targets in Saudi Arabia[1] and Qatar[2].

This is the moral hazard in action as a result of unconditional support for the rogue-state that is Israel . Israel continues to escalate since they face little of the consequences - being under the US security umbrella. It is the rest of the world pays the price instead (apart from Russia). In a sane world we would be changing this equation such as by pulling air defense, air support, lethal aid, air tankers support, EWACs, intelligence and satellite sharing, defense away from Israel. But the Trump administration and indeed the collective west seems to be under the death grip of this Israel lobby.

[1] - https://x.com/MenchOsint/status/2034348372346245584 (alt : https://xcancel.com/MenchOsint/status/2034348372346245584 )

[2] - https://x.com/MenchOsint/status/2034340405060194649 (alt : https://xcancel.com/MenchOsint/status/2034340405060194649)

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Re:Oil nears $110 a barrel after gas field strike by karmakurtisaani on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @04:39PM (#47431143)

We can't even get Israel out of the Eurovision song contest. Having them face any real consequences is still far away.

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Re:Oil nears $110 a barrel after gas field strike by epsters on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @04:56PM (#47431346)

A part of the problem is that the complicit media and politicians diverts the public's attention and energies away from relevant things like weapons-transfers, monetary flows, technology transfers, intelligence-sharing, foreign lobbying, legal and media cover for child-sex-trafficking and honeypot operations and onto minimally impactful elements like song and dance competitions.

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Re:Oil nears $110 a barrel after gas field strike by ifwinterco on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @05:48PM (#47431845)

It's Israel's behaviour that is causing antisemitism.

There is a theory that they actively want this, because it encourages people (often with significant human capital) to leave western countries and move to Israel.

This is not a new thing, Theodor Herzl famously said that antisemites were zionist's best allies

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Re:Oil nears $110 a barrel after gas field strike by enaaem on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @06:07PM (#47432003)

I also thought it was to induce their version of armageddon.

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Re:Oil nears $110 a barrel after gas field strike by dzhiurgis on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @08:57PM (#47433422)

Israelis are constantly fighting for their survival. Thousands of rockets over their heads every year. Surrounded by 4 terrorist groups whose whole existence is based on goal of eradicating jews.

> Stop defending yourself, otherwise we'll have to kill you

Did you learn this in RuSSia's propaganda school?

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Re:Oil nears $110 a barrel after gas field strike by fifilura on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @05:05PM (#47431448)

To me it seems legitimate to criticize ant government. Does not have to have anything to do with religion.

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Re:Oil nears $110 a barrel after gas field strike by epsters on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @05:09PM (#47431477)

Please don't go there. This is a deadly serious matter.

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Re:Oil nears $110 a barrel after gas field strike by harambae on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @09:57PM (#47433867)

Phrasing like “rogue-state that is Israel” along with an account under 90 days old really feels like something I’ve been seeing a lot of lately on HN

And it’s not even that I disagree with you, but feels like some propaganda campaign.

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Re:Oil nears $110 a barrel after gas field strike by karim79 on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @10:37PM (#47434177)

Interesting. Speaking of propaganda, I'm pretty sure that most Hacker News comments are not funded by AIPAC.

https://www.trackaipac.com/

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Re:Oil nears $110 a barrel after gas field strike by tencentshill on Thursday March 19, 2026 @09:49AM (#47439418)

If they control the mass media narrative as alleged, they're not doing a very good job of it.

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