Photo Credit: Moshe Shai / Flash 90
An aeriel view of the Israeli 'Tamar' gas processing rig 24 km off the Israeli southern coast of Ashkelon. Noble Energy and Delek Group are the main partners in the Tamar gas field, estimated to contain 10 trillion cubic feet of gas. June 23, 2014.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced in opening remarks to Sunday’s government cabinet meeting that he will travel on Tuesday to Nicosia for a fourth meeting with the leaders of Cyprus and Greece.

“I will discuss with them a series of issues, first and foremost the feasibility of laying a joint Israeli-Cypriot-Greek gas pipeline to Italy,” he said. “The export of Israeli gas to Western Europe could make a very significant contribution to the Israeli economy.”

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Last week Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz said Israel and Cyprus are turning to an international negotiator to settle a disagreement over the distribution of gas in the joint Aphrodite reservoir located within the maritime boundaries of both countries.

The energy ministers of Israel, Greece and Cyprus are set to meet this week to discuss a unitization agreement. Also on the agenda is the construction of the undersea gas pipeline connecting Israel and Europe referenced by Netanyahu in his remarks to the cabinet.

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Hana Levi Julian is a Middle East news analyst with a degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from Southern Connecticut State University. A past columnist with The Jewish Press and senior editor at Arutz 7, Ms. Julian has written for Babble.com, Chabad.org and other media outlets, in addition to her years working in broadcast journalism.