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Energy as an Element of Israel's National Security
[Institute for Contemporary Affairs-Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs] Minister of National Infrastructures Binyamin Ben-Eliezer - Israel is in contact with the government of Turkey regarding the construction of an infrastructure corridor called the Med Stream, which is planned to contain three pipelines. One is for crude oil, meaning that what arrives through the Baku-Ceyhan pipeline or the Samsun-Ceyhan pipeline will continue on to Israel. The second pipeline will be for natural gas. The third pipeline could be used for water, electricity, or even fiber optic communications. Israel is one of the leading countries in the world in developing technologies to produce electricity through renewable energy, mostly in the solar field. We envision a plan up to the year 2020 that will guarantee energy in the coming decades based on 40 percent natural gas, 40 percent coal, and up to 20 percent renewable energy.