Mideast Chaos Scrambles Energy Equation

Mideast Chaos Scrambles Energy Equation

Share to Linkedin A woman in Beirut holds a mobile telephone showing contradicting time zones on March 26, 2023, after ... [+] Lebanon's government announced a decision to delay daylight savings. - The caretaker government announced on March 23 its decision to delay rolling clocks forward until April 20, instead of the last week of March as is usually the case in Lebanon and much of the northern hemisphere. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images) Last week saw scenes of chaos never before seen in the Middle East, which is saying something given the history of that region. In Israel, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to demonstrate, block roads, and otherwise express their displeasure with an attempt by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his hard right wing coalition to curb the powers of the Israeli Supreme Court and insulate both the Prime Minister and the leader of one of his ruling coalition partner's leaders from Parliamentary expulsion due to corruption convictions or accusations. The demonstrations were met by the refusal of many in Israel's citizen army to report for compulsory military reserve service, a move unthinkable in the country