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Energy, Water, and Infrastructure Minister Eli Cohen visits a water desalination facility near Rishon Lezion, central Israel, September 2, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
September 7, 2026, 8:58 pm
Amid desalination woes, energy minister paints rosy picture of Israel’s water resilience
At press conference on ninth day of partial suspension of water processing stations, Eli Cohen says Israel has access to almost twice the drinking water needed for all households
By Sue Surkes
General view of a water desalination facility near Rishon LeZion, central Israel, September 2, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
September 2, 2026, 4:41 pm
New masterplan needed after desalination shutdown underlines dangers of tech overreliance
Experts blast complacency, urge reviving wells, natural buffers, and conservation to lower the 80% of drinking water that comes from coastal facilities
By Sue Surkes
Researchers take samples as part of the 2024 national monitoring program. (Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research)
April 29, 2026, 6:03 am
The Mediterranean: Warmer, saltier, more acidic, and rising fast — report
Israeli ministries’ annual national monitoring report paints stark picture of sea under threat from climate change, with invasive species taking over and local ones disappearing
By Sue Surkes
Israel's Leviathan gas field processing rig as seen from Dor Habonim Beach Nature Reserve, on January 1, 2020. (Flash90)
December 28, 2025, 3:39 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 28: Day 814 – Will $35 billion gas deal with Egypt hike electricity costs?
Tech editor Sharon Wrobel reports on natural gas agreement; archaeology reporter Rossella Tercatin discusses ancient Holy Land trinkets and Israel’s Kingdom of David
By Jessica Steinberg, Sharon Wrobel and Rossella Tercatin
Shoppers and supermarket staff seen at the new branch of a Mahsanei HaShuk chain in Katzrin, on the Golan Heights, on November 22, 2022. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
January 3, 2025, 1:57 pm
Along with soaring prices, Israel rings in 2025 with economic reforms, but will they work?
With a few behemoths dominating imports of food, cosmetics and other products, changes are intended to lower costs including by boosting competition; experts have their doubts
By Sue Surkes
Firefighters try to put out a blaze on an electricity pylon in central Israel after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza, October 26, 2023. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
March 5, 2024, 10:04 pm
Energy Ministry finalizing revolutionary plan for Gaza border area energy independence
As March 18 deadline nears, officials discussing with other stakeholders what to include in Tekuma Administration Gaza Envelope rehabilitation
By Sue Surkes
A brush fire near Barta'a in the Wadi Ara region amid a heatwave, July 17, 2019. (Screenshot: Twitter)
June 11, 2023, 6:21 pm
Ministers again delay debate and vote on climate bill
Energy and finance ministries continue to insist on non-binding targets for global warming emissions cuts, while Environmental Protection Ministry demands mandatory goals
By Sue Surkes
A woman looking at televisions in a store. (Filipovic018 at iStock, Getty Images)
August 31, 2022, 11:34 pm
From Thursday, imported electrical appliances will need to meet EU standards alone
Allowing importers to declare that products meet EU law rather than pay for tests by Israel Standards Institute expected to cut costs, widen choice of goods
By Sue Surkes
Solar panels. (lovelyday12, iStock at Getty Images)
February 15, 2022, 11:26 pm
Environment ministry sets 40% renewable power production goal by 2030
Roadmap calls for more ambitious solar energy targets, more focus away from fossil fuels. Energy Ministry reviewing whether targets can be increased for UN COP27 confab in Egypt
By Sue Surkes
Economy Minister Orna Barbivai and Jordan's Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply Yousef Alshamali meet in Jordan, November 3, 2021 (Yossi Iphergan, GPO)
November 3, 2021, 6:13 pm
Economy ministers of Israel, Jordan meet for first time in decade to boost ties
Officials ink deal to allow wider range of exports from Jordan to Palestinian Authority, including construction materials, fabrics, electronics, apparel
By ToI Staff and AFP
The new director general of the Energy Ministry, Lior Shilat, October 24, 2021. (Energy Ministry)
October 24, 2021, 3:24 pm
Government approves energy minister’s pick for new director-general
Elharrar says Lior Shillat has the ‘creative thinking, determination and perseverance’ needed to help transition Israel to greener economy
By Sue Surkes
A picture taken on July 11, 2021, shows a pipe system used to transfer water from Israel to Jordan by Mekorot, Israel's national water company, near Kibbutz Masada by the border with Jordan (background), south of the Sea of Galilee, or Lake Tiberias, one of the main water sources in Israel. (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)
October 12, 2021, 5:03 pm
Israel signs deal doubling water supply to parched Jordan
Energy minister says agreement underscores Jerusalem’s desire for ‘good neighborly relations’ with Amman; 50 million cubic meters a year to be delivered
By AFP
Newly appointed Minister of Environmental Protection Tamar Zandberg (right) with outgoing Minister of Environmental Protection Gila Gamliel (left), during the handover ceremony, held at the Environmental Protection Ministry in Jerusalem on June 15, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 15, 2021, 7:19 pm
‘Now or never’: New environment, energy ministers vow to act on climate crisis
Environmental Protection Minister Zandberg says ‘Israel should not be an oil bridge to other countries’; Energy Minister Elharrar to encourage investment in green solutions
By Amy Spiro
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
Oil shale rock burns on its own once lit with a blow torch. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)
May 8, 2020, 4:18 pm
Overruling Environment Ministry, planners advance contentious oil shale project
Rotem Energy Mineral Partnership given go ahead to order environmental survey for plan to mine shale oil in southern Israel, and heat it with plastic waste to create oil, power
By Sue Surkes
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