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President Isaac Herzog awards the Israeli Presidential Medal of Honor to the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, November 9, 2022 (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
November 9, 2022, 6:18 pm
Herzog awards Cypriot president medal of honor, touts Mediterranean alliance
Recently reinstated presidential honor given to Nicos Anastasiades as Jerusalem seeks to keep Nicosia and Athens close despite rapprochement with Turkey
By Lazar Berman
This photo provided by Cyprus press and information office, European Union's energy commissioner Kadri Simson speaks during the East Mediterranean Gas Forum conference at the presidential palace in the capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. (Andreas Loucaides/Cyprus Press and Information Office via AP)
October 18, 2022, 6:04 am
Cyprus, EU launch project to link island to European grid
EU official says East Mediterranean gas can wean the bloc off Russian energy; Cypriot president hails ‘historic’ day
By Agencies and ToI Staff
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen speaks at Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheba, June 14, 2022 (European Commission)
June 14, 2022, 12:42 pm
Blasting Russian ‘blackmail,’ EU chief calls for more energy cooperation with Israel
Ursula Von der Leyen hails friendship with Jerusalem, says East Med pipeline an investment in both Europe’s and Israel’s energy security
By Lazar Berman
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, right, greets Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi prior to a meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels, March 7, 2022. (Kenzo Tribouillard, Pool Photo via AP)
June 13, 2022, 8:08 pm
EU chief, Italian PM in Israel, with Russia-sparked energy crisis topping agenda
Ursula Von der Leyen to meet Bennett and Lapid, whose government has sought to improve ties with bloc; both EU chief and Mario Draghi to also meet with PA premier
By AFP and ToI Staff
French President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he leaves Percy military hospital after visiting soldiers injured during external operations and caregivers, in Clamart, near Paris, France, on April 28, 2022. (Christophe Petit Tesson/Pool/AFP)
May 11, 2022, 2:23 am
France’s Macron expected to boost Israel ties during second term
Country is one of ‘Israel’s closest and more capable allies,’ ambassador says, with French president emerging from election as leading European statesman
By Lazar Berman
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks ahead of the eighth Greece-Cyprus-Israel summit alongside Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (left) and Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, December 7, 2021. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
December 7, 2021, 3:23 pm
After alleged Syria strike, Bennett says Israel fighting ‘bad forces’ night and day
PM alludes to ongoing military campaign as he heads into summit with Greek and Cypriot leaders; vows, ‘We will continue to act’
By Lazar Berman
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid speaks at a ceremony with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita in Rabat, on August 11, 2021. (Shlomi Amsalem/GPO)
September 1, 2021, 10:40 pm
To take on Iran, Lapid sketches out vision for a regional ‘alliance of life’
Foreign minister’s ambitious plan would establish a broad axis stretching from the Persian Gulf to the Atlantic, but can he make it happen?
By Lazar Berman
A helicopter flies over Turkey's drilling ship, 'Fatih' dispatched towards the eastern Mediterranean, near Cyprus, on July 9, 2019. (Turkish Defence Ministry via AP, Pool)
March 15, 2021, 10:42 pm
Turkey tells Israel, Greece, EU to seek permission for work in east Med waters
Cyprus, Israel, Greece have signed deal for world’s longest undersea power cable, but it is set to run through contested waters at center of regional tensions
By AFP
In this Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020 file photo, Israel's offshore Leviathan gas field is seen from on board the Israeli Navy Ship Lahav during a rare tour in the Mediterranean Sea, Israel. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
March 15, 2021, 6:46 pm
With gas alliance moored to Turkey tensions, Israel tacks toward energy security
While the launch of the EastMed gas forum saw some internal spats, deals are coming together to counter Ankara’s bid to horn in on resource; though the tide may be changing
By Lazar Berman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, Egyptian Minister for Petroleum Tarek el-Molla, left, and Israel's Energey Minister Yuval Steinitz, in Jerusalem on February 21, 2021. (Kobi Gideon / GPO)
February 21, 2021, 4:31 pm
Egyptian minister makes rare visit to Israel to talk energy cooperation
Tarek el-Molla is first senior Cairo official to arrive in five years; Netanyahu says enough natural gas in Mediterranean for both countries’ needs and to export
By ToI Staff
An undated photo of Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz (R) and Egyptian Petroleum Minister Tarek El-Molla speaking during a meeting of the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum, in Cairo, Egypt. (courtesy, Israeli Energy Ministry)
December 20, 2020, 7:55 pm
Environment minister targets energy minister’s plan to advance regional gas club
By questioning ratification of statutes that say nothing about climate change, Gila Gamliel ensures that role of East Med Gas Forum is discussed by the cabinet
By Sue Surkes
View of the Leviathan gas field gas processing rig near the city of Caesarea, on January 31, 2019. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)
January 15, 2020, 9:21 am
In milestone, Israel starts exporting natural gas to Egypt
Jerusalem’s and Cairo’s energy ministries issue rare joint statement announcing implementation of estimated $19.5 billion deal to pump gas from 2 massive offshore gas fields
By ToI Staff
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