Israel's SHOCKING Scheme REVEALED

Secret Pipeline Plan Emerges [00:00:00]

• Israel may have a "secret reason" for not minding the Strait of Hormuz being blocked.
• The ongoing conflict is seen as beneficial to Israel, potentially driving Gulf countries closer to Israel and away from Iran.
• The war has also damaged Iran, which Israel views favorably.

  "Israel has other reasons why they're kind of thrilled at how this war is going."

Energy Exports Threatened [00:01:00]

• Major shipping routes for oil and gas exports, the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Strait of Hormuz, have become too dangerous.
• Iran has reportedly blocked Hormuz, while Houthi rebels attack shipments through Bab al-Mandab.
• This situation forces Saudi Arabia and other Gulf producers to seek alternative solutions.

  "The main shipping routes to export their barrels of oil and tanks of gas, the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Strait of Hormuz have become too dangerous to use."

Israel as a Potential Solution [00:02:00]

• A potential solution for energy exports could involve Israel.
• The scheme involves building a pipeline across the Saudi desert to the Israeli border.
• A pre-existing pipeline from the late 1960s through Israel would then carry the resources north to Mediterranean ports.

  "The scheme would see a pipeline built across the Saudi desert to the Israeli border where a second pipeline built through Israel in the late 1960s would carry it north to ports on the Mediterranean."

Official Endorsement of the Pipeline [00:03:00]

• Israeli officials, including Energy Minister Eli Cohen, have openly discussed the pipeline plan.
• Cohen stated that Gulf countries want to avoid dependence on Iran or Houthis for their oil exports.
• He emphasized that a land route through Israel is the optimal solution.

  "If you create a land route, you bypass both Iran and the Houthis, the best route is through the state of Israel."

Netanyahu's Vision for the Pipeline [00:04:00]

• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has also spoken about the pipeline's potential.
• He believes it could diminish Iran's influence over global energy markets.
• The pipeline would bypass traditional maritime choke points like the Strait of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab.

  "Instead of going through the checkpoints of the Hormuz Strait and the Babel-Mondeb Strait, we just have oil pipelines, gas pipelines going through the west, through the Arabian Peninsula, right up to Israel, right up to our Mediterranean ports."

Strategic Implications and Peace Deal Pressure [00:05:00]

• The pipeline project would necessitate a peace agreement between Saudi Arabia and Israel.
• This could pressure Saudi Arabia to normalize relations with Israel, potentially without a prior two-state solution for Palestinians.
• Israel has historically resisted the establishment of a Palestinian state.

  "And that would mean that the Palestinians might never get a state."

Israel's Rise as a Regional Superpower [00:06:00]

• The conflict is seen as a strategic move for Israel to become a regional superpower.
• This involves neutralizing Iran, gaining leverage over Egypt and Jordan through energy dependence, and potentially securing normalization with Saudi Arabia.
• Israel's offshore gas discoveries and the potential pipeline further solidify its energy position.

  "And that would obviously make Israel even significantly more powerful than they are right now."