以色列地处油气资源富足的中东地区,但其常规能源储量,尤其是石油储量几乎为零。其近邻阿拉伯半岛、波斯湾地区则是全球油气资源最为富足的地区,堪称“世界石油宝库”。由于与阿拉伯世界旷日持久的争端,以色列长期面临能源短缺困境,通过与周边产油国经济合作输入油气资源的希望渺茫。望油兴叹的以色列不得不舍近求远,在与美国建立战略联盟、努力摆脱安全困境的同时, Israel is located in the Middle East where oil and gas are abundant but its conventional energy reserves, and especially its oil reserves, are virtually zero. Its neighbor Arabian Peninsula, the Persian Gulf region is the world’s most abundant oil and gas resources in the region, called the “world oil treasure.” Due to protracted disputes with the Arab world, Israel has long been faced with the energy shortages and hopes for oil and gas resources through economic cooperation with neighboring oil-producing countries are slim. Israel, which has been sighing with hope of oil, has to move closer. While establishing a strategic alliance with the United States and making every effort to get rid of the security plight,