Dr. Yuval Steinitz spoke with Dr. Oded Eran about natural gas in Israel and the significance of this discovery. Discovered in 2009, 2010, 2011, Dr. Steinitz believes that this discovery will strengthen Israel geopolitically and economically. In addition, it will also enable Israel to lower the air pollution and to improve Israel’s environmental quality. He spoke about how until a few years ago, Israel’s energy was a huge burden. It was expensive and not environmentally sound. Today, Israel has natural gas, which it is now exporting to Egypt and Jordan. In the case of Egypt, it is the first time that Israel has had such significant cooperation since the signing of the peace treaty with Egypt. In the case of Jordan, Israel has also expressed an interest in buying solar energy from Jordan. Israel is currently negotiating with the Palestinian Authority about providing natural gas. Together with Egypt, Cyprus, Jordan, and some European countries, Israel has created an organization of natural gas. Israel has an agreement now also with Greece, Italy, and Cyprus about a pipeline from the Middle East to Europe. In Europe, Israel will not be the main supplier but even if Israel supplies 20% of the gas, it has geopolitical significance. In addition, Dr. Steinitz stated that Israel is the leading country in the world in transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy, and in the coming four years, Israel will cease to use coal and oil energy and will be able to reduce the air pollution by 95%.