Israeli President Sees Eco-Fuel Fighting ”Terror”

Israeli President Shimon Peres on Monday hailed his country’s new weapon against the threat of “terrorism” from its Middle East neighbours — the electric car.

Outlining Israel’s development priorities in an address to foreign journalists to mark this week’s 60th anniversary of statehood, Peres said reducing global dependence on oil would curb oil-producing states’ ability to fund Israel’s enemies.
“Oil … is not only polluting the air, it is also promoting terror,” said the 84-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner, who has long promoted Israel’s now powerful high-tech industries.

Peres argued that manifold increases in oil prices in recent years had contributed to a rise in financing for terrorism in the Middle East, and said an Israeli project to design a green car run on batteries, as well as plans to develop solar power, would in turn hit oil producing countries’ budgets.

“We are not going to fight the producers of oil,” he said. “But we are going to introduce alternatives.”

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