VOL. XLII

No. 37

13-September-1999

ISRAEL

Knesset Reviewing Bill For Development Of Israeli Natural GasInfrastructure

The Israeli Ministerial Legislative Affairs Committeeapproved on 2 September the Natural Gas Economy Bill and sent it to the Knessetfor a second reading, ending months of wrangling between the Ministry of theEnvironment and the Ministry of National Infrastructure. The EnvironmentMinister, Ms. Dalia Itzak, had been demanding that the National Gas Council andthe Tenders Committee,...