ISRAEL - THE FUTURE

 RE:The Australian, 9/1/2013. "Egypt calls in Iranian spy master".
 It states that Israel is particulalry worried about the intents of the Muslim Brotherhood, especially since "a senior Brotherhood official declared last week that Israel would cease to exist within a decade".

With so many countries now getting involved to invest in various developments in Israel, the future bright scenario listed below will hopefully prevent all the ill-intent of her Islamist neighbours.

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ISRAEL - THE FUTURE

January 2013.

 

a)  Gas - Israel's recent discovery of mega gas fields titled Tamar and Leviathan are located off the Israeli coast from Haifa.  These massive discoveries will soon transform Israel as they will adequately look after Israel's domestic needs forever and thereafter to supply foreign markets.  A number of countries are pursuing involvement in these finds.  Among them are Russia, China, Europe and South Korea.  Putin was in Israel two months ago pursuing a contractual relationship with Israel on its gas development projects.  Nothing has been signed yet.

 

Tamar is due to come online sometime in 2013 and Leviathan to follow in early 2014.

Additional target areas are being explored all the way down the Mediterranean coast of Israel.

 

The likelihood is that a pipeline from the gas discovery area will be built to Cyprus and on to Greece.  This will help Greece with some of its financial troubles. It is expected there will be a plant built to liquify the gas at the Greek end of the underwater pipeline.

 

b) Oil - geologists have recently completed a large mapping of most of southern Israel and preliminary findings indicate there are vast amounts of oil trapped in rock layers under about 15% of the State of Israel.  This shale oil is technically difficult to extract but Israel and the companies involved are becoming very familiar with the methodology to extract this oil called 'fracking'.  Retired Canadian experts in this system are now resident in Israel working on this huge project. 

 

The World Energy Council and Israel Energy Initiatives have completed a detailed study and presented it to the government on their estimates of Israel's shale oil potential.  They estimate that Israel's shale reserves could contain as much as 250 billion barrels of potentially recoverable oil.

This would be putting Israel on a par with Saudi Arabia in terms of its oil reserves!

 

Israeli planners believe that if the gas and oil finds reach the levels that the potential indicates, Israel's current group of allies, trading partners and opponents could drastically change.  Israel's geo-political standing in the world will also change.  It's amazing what friends can be made when you have oil and gas to export!

 

MED-RED RAILWAY - China is in very serious negotiation (contracts have been exchanged) - the Chinese will build and finance most of a high speed railway from Eilat to Ashdod.  This would allow tankers and freighters to avoid the Suez Canal as well as cut the time frame from canal usage in half, by using the railway.  This is a huge development for Israel as it will open up the Negev, which was always the dream of David Ben Gurion.  It would not be surprising that a major announcement on this development with all its details, should be expected by mid 2013.

 

CHINESE INVESTMENT IN ISRAEL

 

The Chinese Government, while they are negotiating the Med-Red Railway, have made it clear to Israel that they have a multi-billion dollar fund that they would put to use, to fund Israeli hi-tech start-ups and companies needing mezzanine financing.   The Israeli Government is very amenable to this opportunity, and the Chinese have already agreed to the stringent conditions that Israel wants to apply on any of the investments.  Look for an announcement on this in 2013.

 

You should be aware that the Israeli Government and various Agrarian companies are extremely busy today in China - assisting the Chinese with their need to get much more production out of their land, while following the Israeli system of water economy.  Further, the Chinese are learning every possible method Israel has on how to maximize milk production, and other elements necessary for the Chinese to raise the level of feeding their huge population.  This relationship is being very well received by the Chinese and its government. 

 

ALIYAH  - Numerous European countries are seeing their Jewish populations diminishing because of a resurgence of anti-semitism and violence against their Jewish communities.  Islam is on the march in many of the European countries.  In particular, sizable numbers of French, British and smaller numbers of Jews from other EU countries, have left or are in the process of going to Israel.  The Jewish Agency for Israel is planning for a significant aliyah to continue as well as increase over time with Jews leaving Ukraine and Russia. 

 

Again the planning of the Jewish Agency indicates that Ben Gurions dream of large communities in the Negev is now nearer to realization than ever before.  Hi-tech companies are being offered significant inducements by the government to establish their campuses and their R&D facilities in communities being formed in the Negev.  Currently the hi-tech campuses are extremely crowded in an area south of Tel Aviv.  Bear in mind that nothing is far in Israel.

 

EMP (Electromagnetic impulses)

 The magnitude of this enormous devastating project is hard to fathom.  Whoever develops this will have a commanding position facing any adversary.  EMP could cripple a country by shutting down its electronics.  It uses non-lethal gamma energy to react with the magnetic field and produces a powerful shock wave that can devastate any power grid and communications system.  Try as I did, I could not get anyone to make any kind of comment regarding Israel's involvement.  All I got were small, relatively short smiles. 

 

CONCLUSION

 

The problems of Iran and the Palestinian State and a horrible neighbourhood need to be dealt with Israeli resolve.  Assuming all of the things described previously like oil, gas, Chinese investment, Med-Red Railway, as well as things still to be developed, the future for Israel is extremely bright. 

 

The IDF, the IAF, the MOSSAD, the SHIN-BET, the AMAN, are amongst the best of their kind in the world and will do their utmost to safeguard the State of Israel and the Jewish people wherever they are to be found.