Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the Middle East must find ways to move oil and gas around Iran’s disruptions by building pipelines across the Arabian Peninsula to Israeli ports. Such pipelines would bypass maritime chokepoints such as the Strait of Hormuz.
He suggested such infrastructure could “do away with the choke points forever” and reshape regional energy flows after the ongoing conflict, according to MSN. They write:
“Just have oil pipelines, gas pipelines, going west through the Arabian Peninsula, right up to Israel, right up to our Mediterranean ports and you’ve just done away with the choke points forever,” Netanyahu said. He described this as a significant change that could follow the current conflict.
The comments came amid escalated strikes on Iranian energy facilities and efforts to reopen key shipping routes disrupted by the war.
