Israel and Lebanon Maritime border

Proponents of a peace deal argue that by reducing security risks with Israel, Lebanon can move from a volatile frontier market into a regional hub much like the UAE.

The two countries at last have a maritime border, letting energy firms search for new gas fields in the Eastern Mediterranean, but the agreement has geopolitical repercussions too.

AsLebanon quickly sinks ever deeper into its most severe economic crisis in its modern history, the announcement that it had agreed to a framework fornegotiations with Israelover its disputed…