A demonstration against the gas deal in Tel-Aviv

Supreme Court Rejects Netanyahu-Backed Natural Gas Deal

Israel’s Supreme Court rejected Sunday afternoon, March 27, Israel’s natural gas legislation which had been sponsored, lobbied for, and signed by neo-liberal Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The judges rejected the “stability clause,” a sine quo non for the entire plan – thus torpedoing it altogether. The stability clause prohibited the government and Knesset from changing…

Demonstrators against gas deal, last Saturday, in Holon

Economic Affairs Committee Session Heats Up Over Gas Deal

A session of the Knesset’s Economic Affairs Committee held to discuss implementation of the outline for the country’s long-disputed privatized natural gas degenerated into shouting matches several times on Sunday, November 22, as Knesset members across the political spectrum and social activists disrupted each other when speaking. The session, the first in a series of…

Thousands of Israelis flooded Tel-Aviv streets on Saturday night, June 27, to oppose the gas deal approved by the cabinet.

US Ambassador Presses Joint List MKs on Gas Deal Vote

US Ambassador to Israel, Dan Shapiro, has been trying to persuade Knesset members of the opposition Joint List to abstain or absent themselves from a Knesset vote advancing a controversial plan to develop Israel’s natural gas reserves, Haaretz and “Kol Israel” (Israel Radio) reported Tuesday. A “yes” vote would allow the cabinet to implement its…

Thousands of Israelis flooded the streets on Saturday night, June 27, to oppose the gas deal approved by the cabinet

Billionaire Adelson to Netanyahu: “Streamline Gas Industry Regulations”; Thousands Protest against Deal in Tel Aviv

Four activists were detained on Saturday night, June 27, after scuffles with police in Tel Aviv during mass protests against the impending gas deal between the government and a US-Israeli energy conglomerate. Thousands of Israelis flooded the streets to oppose a deal approved by the cabinet on Thursday which would see the US company Noble…

Drilling platform at the Tamar natural gas field

MK Khenin: Antitrust Commissioner’s Resignation – Victory for Gas Tycoons & Their Puppets in the Government

Antitrust Authority director general Prof. David Gilo yesterday, May 25, announced his resignation, after the cabinet approved an arrangement for the natural gas industry which Gilo regards as improper. Gilo said, “My decision is a result of a number of considerations, most importantly the report that the cabinet, particularly the Prime Minister’s Office, the Ministry…