Israel's Energy Minister Karine Elharrar has given the partners owning the rights to the adjoining offshore gas fields until March 4 to reach agreement.
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Elai Rettig, assistant professor at the Department of Political Studies at Bar-Ilan University, says Energy Minister Karine Elharrar’s refusal to award new offshore licenses for gas exploration is “odd” because “she positions it as against gas. One doesn't have to come at the expense of the other.”