Israeli environmentalists are warning that a UAE-Israeli oil pipeline deal threatens unique Red Sea coral reefs and could lead to "the next ecological disaster".
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The Israeli environmentalists have warned that the UAE-Israeli oil pipeline deal threatens unique Red Sea coral reefs and could lead to "the next ecological disaster".
February 16, 2021
Jonah Mandel
EILAT, ISRAEL (AFP) – Israeli environmentalists are warning that a United Arab Emirates (UAE)-Israeli oil pipeline deal threatens unique Red Sea coral reefs and could lead to “the next ecological disaster”.
The agreement to bring Emirati crude oil by tanker to a pipeline in the Red Sea port of Eilat was signed after Israel normalised ties with the Gulf Arab nation late last year and should come into force within months.
With experts warning of possible leaks and spills at the ageing Eilat port, and the Israeli Environmental Protection Ministry demanding “urgent” talks on the deal, activists mobilised last week.