Israeli minister wants oil transporting deal with UAE scrapped
Israeli Minister of Energy, Karen Al-Harrar, has called for cancelling a deal with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to transport Emirati crude oil via Israel to Europe, citing environmental risks, according to local media on Tuesday.
"This agreement must be canceled, it has no any advantage for the State of Israel," Al-Harar told Israel's Army Radio. "The environmental risks are already severe enough.”
Israeli environmental activists had previously protested against the Israeli-UAE deal demanding its cancellation.
In October 2020, Israeli state firm Europe Asia Pipeline Co (EAPC) and UAE-based MED-RED Land Bridge Ltd signed an agreement to transport crude oil and fuel from the Gulf to Western markets via a pipeline between Eilat on the Red Sea and the Mediterranean port of Ashkelon.
At the time, the Israeli economic newspaper Globes said that exporting oil to Europe through a land pipeline linking Israel and the Persian Gulf states will help bypass the shipping routes of the Strait of Hormuz and the Suez Canal.
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