Infrastructure

Israel is building a NIS 7b. airport – history says it will cost much more - analysis

The government is advancing a new Negev airport at NIS 7 billion. Two decades of data suggest the final bill will be far higher.

View of construction of the new Ramon International Airport, in Timna valley, southern Israel. January 02, 2018.
Two Taiwan made Kuang Hua VI class missile boats attend the Ministry National of Defense exercise outside the Zuoying navy harbor on January 31, 2024.

RISK Initiative: Taiwan's bold step to safeguard undersea cables - opinion

Gaps in Israel’s grid capacity, public transport systems, waste treatment facilities, and regulatory frameworks mean that many innovations to improve the environment cannot be deployed at a meaningful scale.

Israel’s infrastructure paradox: Innovation without environmental foundations - opinion

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The strategy of uncertainty: How Amogh Garg plans for the future of AI and cloud compute


Many Israeli cities at high risk for earthquake unprepared - comptroller

A high-intensity earthquake is expected to occur within the next 50 years between southern Lebanon and the Dead Sea along the Syrian-African Rift.

 Members of the Knesset Honor Guard, Home Front Command, Firefighters, IDF and Israel's Magen David Adom Emergency Medical Services participate in an emergency drill simulating an earthquake near Ashkelon,  on December 19, 2019.

Managing Mekorot: A conversation with the man in charge of Israel’s national water company

Yitzhak Aharonovich talks to the Jerusalem Post about his new role the chairman of Mekorot who helped turn a water sector in crisis into an enterprise that produces a surplus of water.

  Yitzhak Aharonovich, chairman of the Mekorot National Water Company

Mekorot expands activities to South America

Mekorot has recently signed a series of agreements in Argentina, with the aim of building comprehensive master plans for the water sector which has suffered from climate change.

 Mekorot Agreement in Argentina

Netherlands claims Russia is targeting its power infrastructure

Dutch intelligence officials say that Russia is very eager to map out their energy infrastructure in order to be able to sabotage it.

 Offshore windfarm in Denmark

Jerusalem's Temple Mount should be accessible for those with disabilities

The Old City of Jerusalem is now accessible for wheelchairs. The Temple Mount and Mughrabi Bridge, however, remain untouched.

 THE MUGHRABI Bridge that leads to the Temple Mount compound with the Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock seen in the background in Jerusalem’s Old City.

Israel's Tourism Ministry to invest NIS 340m in tourism infrastructure

The Tourism Ministry's Development Budget Committee approved a budget that includes the establishment of dozens of public tourism infrastructure projects.

Tourism Minister Haim Katz arrives for a group picture of the new government at the president's residence in Jerusalem on December 29, 2022.

With energy resources under attack, zero-trust security is the answer

Zero-trust systems require verification from a highly-verified source before any given change be made to a system or network.

A power station is seen in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod August 8, 2011

UN releases report on Ukraine telecoms damage by Russia

Ukraine requires a hefty budget to restore telecommunications operations to pre-war status.

 TODAY, THERE are many more successful cyber attacks

U-turn: Regev threatens to cancel Michaeli's highway projects

Miri Regev is back in the Transportation Ministry and threatens to undo a number of her predecessor's infrastructure projects.

Miri  Regev

Jerusalem's ancient Sultan's Pool to undergo NIS 100m renovation

The ancient complex will be transformed along with the adjacent Artists' Colony concert area into an active, free-to-access park that will be open 365 days a year

 An illustration of the new-look Sultan's Pool site in Jerusalem