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17.12.2025 Press release Israel

Spotlight on cybersecurity in the energy system

German-Israeli energy partnership proceeds with a new program for 2026

During her visit to Israel, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Katherina Reiche and her Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen further strengthened the German-Israeli energy partnership with a work programme for 2026. The programme focuses on energy security and expands cooperation to include cyber security and the physical protection of critical energy infrastructure in particular. This will further deepen the high-level energy partnership established in 2022, especially in the area of cyber security.

The press release can be found here: Cybersecurity of energy systems in the spotlight –German-Israeli energy partnership proceeds with a new program for 2026 | BMWE

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German-Israeli Energy Partnership

The German-Israeli Energy Partnership marks a significant milestone in a continued bilateral collaboration with the shared objective of reducing carbon emissions, phasing out the use of fossil fuels, and creating new avenues for economic growth.

The German-Israeli Energy Partnership

(...) [It is] a great advantage that we are working closely, pragmatically and solution-oriented in the German-Israeli energy partnership – with the common goal of providing concrete answers to the pressing questions of our time.
Katherina Reiche, Minister for Economic Affairs

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