Israel’s key current focus may be on threats from its northern and southern borders but there is also internal strife brewing with the finance and energy ministries clashing in recent weeks over a perceived lack of competition within the country’s domestic gas market.
At first the finance ministry’s qualms related to the ongoing inter-ministerial committee that is discussing gas export policy, with a leaked letter to the press some two years ago warning that a potential decision to increase already stringent export quotas could see domestic gas prices rise (MEES, 28 February & MEES, 7 July 2023). (CONTINUED - 2190 WORDS)
