Israel, Egypt energy ties so far unaffected by coronavirus crisis, annexation plan
Despite the coronavirus crisis and the annexation plan, agreements to export Israeli natural gas to Egypt remain intact.
It could have happened because of the coronavirus pandemic, or perhaps because of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to annex West Bank settlements. Regardless of the reason, observers anticipated that economic relations between Israel and Egypt and various other Arab states would begin to suffer and that this would impact natural gas exports.
At this stage, however, economic ties between Israel and Egypt have not suffered in the least, and agreements to export Israeli gas to be liquefied in Egyptian facilities are being implemented fully.
