Chinese companies lose tenders for Israeli light rail - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Danny Zaken

Danny Zaken

Feb 7, 2022

Chinese workers are seen at a construction site in Ramat Gan, east of Tel Aviv, where the first tunnel for the Tel Aviv underground subway system is being dug, Israel, Feb. 19, 2017. — Chinese workers are seen at a construction site in Ramat Gan, east of Tel Aviv, where the first tunnel for the Tel Aviv underground subway system is being dug, Israel, Feb. 19, 2017. — Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images

China apparently left out of Israel's 5G network tender

Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan speak during a meeting in Jerusalem October 24, 2018. Ariel Schalit/Pool via REUTERS *** Local Caption *** - RC12DD91F3B0

Does China endanger Israel’s security?

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

People stand near by military vehicles displayed by Turkish company Otokar on June 13, 2016 during the the Eurosatory defence and security international exhibition in Villepinte, near Paris. / AFP / Jacques DEMARTHON (Photo credit should read JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP/Getty Images)

Turkey's Altay tank project not ready to roll after all

Mehmet Cetingulec

Mehmet Cetingulec

SOREK, ISRAEL - May 20: Hertzel, a security guard at the IDE Technologies Sorek Project Desalination Plant, looks out over the water treatment facilities on May 20, 2015 in Sorek, Israel. The plant, commissioned in 2013, uses reverse osmosis technology to process sea water, providing 20% of Israel's domestic water consumption. Photo by Ann Hermes/The Christian Science Monitor

China loses bid to build $1.5 billion desalination plant in Israel

Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs