Gas, electricity cooperation between Israel, Egypt and Jordan

The director general of the Israeli electricity company, Rafi Beild, has expressed his opposition to setting up an electricity generation station in Jordan, using natural gas transported from Egypt and providing electricity to Israel.

Israel Radio said that Beild considered it very wrong to invest a lot of money in an electricity generation station in a foreign country rather than in Israel, especially in the light of the numerous work opportunities provided by the station.

Beild also warned against the idea of Israel's embarking on importing natural gas from Egypt on the grounds that this idea constitutes a "strategic danger."