The United States and Israel's Energy Security

Bibliographic Data

ID12017175
AuthorsBishara Bahbah (School of International Relations, corresponding author), Bishara A Bahbah (Bishara A. Bahbah is a doctoral candidate in International Relations at Harvard University.)
Year1982
Volume11
Issue2
Pages113-131
Publication date1982-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Palestine Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0377-919X • E-ISSN: 1533-8614
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.2307/2536273
OpenAlexW2058485423
LanguageEN
Citations received3

Energy security for Israel is one of the cornerstones of its perceived overall security. The situation Israel has been facing has been threatening its security in a direct manner and has compounded its economic problems to an unbearable extent, exposing it to the dangers of political and economic dependency. The symptoms of Israel's ailing energy situation are manifold, and include Israel's near total dependence on a single source of energy crude oil. Oil supplied 99 percent of Israel's energy demand in 1980 while the remaining one percent was derived from solar energy and gas.' The depletion of domestic crude oil production, that peaked in 1965/66 with over 4,000 b/d reaching a low of 600 b/d in 1980, has led Israel to rely heavily on foreign oil imports. These imports exceeded 165,000 b/d in 19802 at an estimated cost of $2.2 billion,3 roughly equivalent to its total industrial exports for that year.4 Although paying for the oil has been a problem, finding and buying the oil has been a struggle in itself. The wars with its Arab neighbours and the latter's increasing economic and political power have complicated

Energy security · Political science · Renewable energy · Engineering · Global Energy Security and Policy · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Public Administration

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