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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
An Israeli navy vessel is pictured off the coast of Rosh Hanikra, an area at the border between Israel and Lebanon (Ras al-Naqura), on June 6, 2022. (JALAA MAREY / AFP)
October 12, 2022, 2:23 pm
Full text of the maritime border deal agreed between Israel and Lebanon
US-brokered agreement lays out demarcation line between economic zones of the two countries that technically remain at war
By ToI Staff
Israelis protest against a controversial natural gas agreement, outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on February 14, 2016. The sign says, "The gas belongs to us all." (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
July 11, 2021, 9:08 pm
New gas deal expected to slash electricity prices, but some say it’s not enough
Renegotiated contract between Electric Corp. and Tamar consortium will cut cost of natural gas by over a third, but consumer lobby says Israel is still paying too much
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: The Jordanian Parliament. (Jordan Parliament official)
January 19, 2020, 3:36 pm
Jordanian parliament demands ban on gas imports from Israel
Majority of MPs back motion, weeks after gas begins flowing from Jewish state as part of $10 billion deal; unclear if government will approve resolution
By AFP
Italy's populist Five Star Movement (M5S) party leader Luigi Di Maio, addresses journalists a day after Italy's general elections, on March 5, 2018 in Rome. (AFP PHOTO / Filippo MONTEFORTE)
January 18, 2020, 2:41 pm
Italy’s foreign minister expresses doubts over feasibility of EastMed pipeline
Luigi Di Maio says $7.4 billion cost and construction process of line to ship gas to Europe are prohibitive; deal was inked between Greece, Cyprus and Israel earlier this month
By ToI Staff and AFP
Illustrative: This March 16, 2019, photo shows a natural gas refinery at the South Pars gas field on the northern coast of the Persian Gulf, in Asaluyeh, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
September 14, 2019, 2:37 pm
Iran inks deal to develop gas field in tense Gulf
Oil ministry says agreement shows US can’t stop Tehran with sanctions
By AFP
This picture taken on January 31, 2019, shows a view of the SSCV Thialf crane vessel after laying the newly arrived foundation platform for the Leviathan natural gas field in the Mediterranean Sea, about 130 kilometers (81 miles) west of Haifa. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/AFP)
March 14, 2019, 4:50 am
Exxon said considering gas, oil exploration in Israel
Officials from US energy giant meet with Israeli energy minister ahead of rights auction in June, Reuters reports
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu -- seen with his wife, Sara, and their son, Yair -- celebrates his 64th birthday, at the PMO in Jerusalem, October 20, 2013 (Kobi Gideon GPO/FLASH90)
January 9, 2018, 10:35 am
The son also falls
Yair Netanyahu’s locker room talk outside a strip club reflects poorly on his parents, except in Israel Hayom, where it reflects poorly on the press
By Joshua Davidovich
Italian ambassador in Cyprus Andrea Cvallari, right, Israel's Energy minister Yuval Steinitz, second right, Greece's Energy minister Giorgos Stathakis, second left, and Cyprus' energy minister Yiorgos Lakkotrypis, left, shake hands after their talks in Nicosia, Cyprus, December 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
December 5, 2017, 5:44 pm
Israel expects gas to flow from east Mediterranean to Europe
Energy minister says $7.36 billion underwater pipeline could help secure continent’s energy future as Israel, Cyprus, Greece, and Italy sign deal
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS
This photo from March 12, 2017, shows an Iranian laborer walking the platform of the oil facility in the Khark Island, on the shore of the Gulf. (AFP/Atta Kenar)
July 3, 2017, 6:35 pm
Energy giant signs major Iran gas deal, defying US pressure
France’s Total to invest an initial $1 billion in offshore gas field in consortium with Iranian, Chinese firms
By Eric RANDOLPH and Siavosh GHAZI
Dutch far-right Freedom Party leader (Partij Voor De Vrijheid, PVV) Geert Wilders is guarded by police as he meets with supporters in Heerlen on March 11, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / JOHN THYS)
March 13, 2017, 12:50 pm
Drunk on itself, press nurses a news hangover
With the country aching after Purim revelries, the Hebrew papers report on Turkey and Holland and a Jordanian killer’s release
By Ilan Ben Zion
An aerial view of an Israeli offshore gas rig (Albatross Aerial photography/Noble Energy/Flash90/File)
February 23, 2017, 4:39 pm
Noble Energy gives go-ahead to develop Leviathan gas field
Netanyahu hails milestone for Israeli economy, regional cooperation; consortium hopes to bring offshore reserve online by 2019
By ToI Staff and AFP
This photo released on the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency, shows Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, meeting with Iranian minister of economy and financial affairs, Ali Tayebnia, left, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, March 16, 2015. (Photo credit: AP)
January 17, 2017, 11:34 pm
Iran signs phone, gas deals with Syria
Tehran agrees to build mobile network, has the right to operate phosphate mines in war-torn country
By AFP
An aerial view of the Israeli Tamar gas processing rig 24 kilometers off the Israeli southern coast of Ashkelon.
November 14, 2016, 5:05 pm
Israel to offer new tenders for offshore gas exploration
State hoping to gain leverage, strengthen standing in Middle East; eyes deals with Turkey and Europe
By AFP
Iranian gas infrastructure in the South Pars field. (YouTube/Ministry of Petroleum of Iran)
November 7, 2016, 5:51 pm
Iran to ink $6 billion gas deal with France’s Total
In first major signing with Western company since nuclear deal, Tehran to develop offshore field with consortium that includes China
By AFP
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