FACT CHECK · ISRAEL FACTS
Claim: Does Israel have oil?
CONTEXTTHE ANSWER
Very little oil, but big offshore gas: Tamar (2009) and Leviathan (2010) made Israel a gas exporter, selling to Egypt and Jordan. Peace deals, not oil, opened those pipelines.
SOURCE
US EIA, Israel country analysis; Reuters on Leviathan exports to Egypt and Jordan (2020)
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