A new 'opportunity' for energy route through Israel, Netanyahu says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicated that Tel Aviv could become part of a new transport corridor toward the Mediterranean, amid a rising global energy crisis with the curbs on the Strait of Hormuz. Speaking at a seminar in the Jordan Valley, Netanyahu said that previous energy crisis led governments to diversify their supply routes. "This is what will happen here as well," he expressed. “We have an opportunity here to be part of this route toward the Mediterranean,” he added, but did not go into details about a future project or who could be involved in it.