JAKARTA - Israel will build a 254-kilometer fiber optic cable between the Middle Sea and the Red Sea, creating a continuing relationship between Europe and countries in Gulf and Asia, the Ministry of Finance announced on Sunday, June 18.
The state-owned energy group, EAPC, will build the cable along the oil pipeline route they operate across Israel from the Middle Sea port in Ashkelon to Eilat in the northern Red Sea, the ministry said in a statement.
The project, according to EAPC CEO Itsik Levy, "will place Israel as a communication bridge linking Gulf and Asian countries with Europe."
The cable will be connected to an underwater cable that reaches Israel's coast. The ministry stated that the cable will be available to telecommunications companies that have licenses in Israel with a lease period of 25 years.
The EAPC, or European-Asian Pipe Companies, offers its pipeline as an alternative to the Suez Canal.
Environmental groups have long considered it a danger and questioned the company's security record. Especially in 2014, pipe leaks flooded desert heritage with 5 million liters of oil.
The ministry stated that the installation of fiber optics along pipeline routes will help monitor changes in topography and detect possible leaks.
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