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June 29, 2017

A Gas Pipeline Connecting Israel to Italy Could Change the Near East

Israel is the driving force for energy development in the eastern Mediterranean.

Since January of last year, Greece, Israel, and Cyprus have been working to create a pipeline that could transport natural gas to Europe from the reserves in Israeli coastal waters; Italy joined the negotiations two months ago. If this initiative, which is technically difficult and expensive to implement, does not pan out, Israel will be forced to choose between the less desirable options of cooperating with either Egypt or Turkey. George Tzogopoulos writes:

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