Israel will no longer issue permits for onshore oil exploration, Energy Minister Karine Elharrar said on Wednesday at a committee hearing of the Israeli Parliament, the Jerusalem Post reported . Ehud (Udi) Adiri, director general at the energy ministry, also said that Israel would import only electric vehicles (EVs) beginning in 2030. The energy minister of Israel – not a big oil producer, but a large natural gas producer – already said last month that the country would stop issuing permits for onshore oil exploration as it would look to focus on renewable energy sources. Israel currently has five onshore oil production licenses and three onshore oil exploration permits. Elharrar, appointed energy minister in the new Israeli government in June, also believes that natural gas – which Israel is producing offshore and exporting to some countries in the Middle East and the Mediterranean – is only a temporary solution […]