Yuval Steinitz

No. 50: Bezhalel Machlis and Yuval Steinitz: Senior figures in the Israeli defense industry

The two defense industry figureheads work to strengthen domestic manufacturing independence and reduce reliance on imported raw materials.

(L-R): Yuval Steinitz & Bezhalel Machlis
 NOW CHAIRMAN of the board of Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and a former gov’t minister, Yuval Steinitz attributes much of Israel’s successful defense against Iranian attacks to Rafael’s multi-layered systems such as the Iron Dome and David’s Sling.

Rafael chairman, ex-minister Yuval Steinitz talks to 'Post' on Iran, Israel's defenses - interview

Israel's ground-breaking laser system experiment carried out in the south of the country by the Defense Ministry’s Directorate of Research and Development (DDR&D, or MAFAT in Hebrew) and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.

Israel to have partial laser defenses by next year - Rafael chair

The production platform of Leviathan natural gas field is seen in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Haifa

Lebanon agreement: Israel gives up its piece of the pie - analysis


Trump tries to renew Israeli-Lebanese talks on Mediterranean gas fields

Israel and Lebanon have a dispute over an 860 sq. km. area in the eastern Mediterranean Sea that includes several blocs rich in natural gas off the coasts of both countries.

Israeli natural gas field in the Mediterranean

Why the Chevron acquisition of Israel's Noble Energy is bad for Israel

Don’t drink (gas-infused) Kool-Aid, it's as brilliant as stock-piling ammonium nitrate in Beirut.

Noble Energy’s Leviathan gas field, not far from Caesaria

Steinitz on breaking the Arab boycott and becoming an energy superpower

Steinitz's proposal will increase the country’s use of solar energy from just a few percentage points today to 30% within the next 10 years.

ENERGY MINISTER Yuval Steinitz walks in the Sea of Galilee in 2018.

Environmentalists attempt to halt Chevron operations in Israel

US energy giant is on track to acquire Noble Energy and its stakes in offshore gas fields

The Chevron Pascagoula Refinery is pictured as Tropical Storm Gordon approaches Pascagoula, Mississippi, US, September 4, 2018.

Lebanon on edge as Israel considers natural gas near disputed waters

Lebanese MP Kassem Hachem called the decision to begin explorations in Block 72 "piracy" and a "declaration of war."

Israeli natural gas field in the Mediterranean

Steinitz: US, Israel to discuss drawing down peacekeeping force in Sinai

The drawdown would come as Egypt battles an Islamist insurgency in the desert peninsula

Minister of Energy and Likud MK, Yuval Steinitz, speaks at the The Jerusalem Post-Ma'ariv Elections Conference, September 11 2019

Why is Energy Minister leading Israeli efforts against ICC?

3 other ministers would seem to be more logical

Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz speaks during an interview with Reuters in Athens, Greece, January 2, 2020

Israel starts exporting natural gas to Egypt

The flow of natural gas to Egypt will both serve the domestic market and also enable exports of gas to Europe, via liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals located in Egypt.

The Leviathan gas platform, 10km. offshore Israel

Steinitz: too early to say if Iran on path towards nuclear weapon

Iran has already breached many of the restrictions of the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, from which the United States withdrew in 2018.

Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz speaks during an interview with Reuters in Athens, Greece, January 2, 2020

BIRD Energy to fund 7 Israel-US clean energy projects

Each project is conducted by a US-Israeli partnership, and the selected projects address energy challenges and opportunities, focusing on commercializing clean energy technologies.

Heliostat mirrors reflect the sky in a field at the construction site of a 240 meter (787 feet) solar-power tower in Israel's southern Negev Desert, February 8, 2016. The world's tallest solar-power tower is being built off a highway in the Negev Desert in southern Israel, its backers hoping the tec