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Israel accuses Iran of 'environmental terrorism' after oil spill | THE DAILY STAR

Israel accuses Iran of 'environmental terrorism' after oil spill

 Israel on Wednesday accused Iran of "environmental terrorism" after a devastating oil spill off its Mediterranean coast it said was perpetrated by a Libyan-flagged ship that set sail from Iran.

"A Libyan-flagged pirate ship that departed from Iran was responsible," Israel's environment protection minister Gila Gamliel said on Twitter.

"Iran is waging terrorism by harming the environment," she said, calling the spill "not just an environmental crime but environmental terrorism."

Storms last month washed tonnes of sticky tar ashore along Israel's entire Mediterranean coastline, staining 160 kilometres (96 miles) of beach from its borders with the Gaza Strip to Lebanon...afp

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