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Cairo distances itself from gas deal with Israel <article data-history-node-id="432818" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/cairo-distances-itself-gas-deal-israel" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/cairo-distances-itself-gas-deal-israel" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Cairo distances itself from gas deal with Israel</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Egypt said on Thursday that the gas deal inked with Israel occurred between private companies with no government intervention, and that it was "strictly commercial".</p> <p><meta charset="UTF-8"></p> <p>A day earlier, Israel had approved the deal with Chevron CVX.N and its partners, NewMed NWMDp.TA and Ratio, to provide up to $3b of natural gas to Egypt from the Leviathan natural gas field.</p> <p>It is, on the whole, unusual for any deal of this size to take hold without Egyptian government oversight. </p> </div> </div> </article> https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/cairo-distances-itself-gas-deal-israel