China apparently left out of Israel's 5G network tender - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Rina Bassist

Rina Bassist

Jun 5, 2020

Logos of the Israeli mobile phone company Cellcom are seen on a cellphone in this picture illustration taken in Jerusalem, Dec. 19, 2019. Cellcom is one the companies that participated in Israel's 5G network tender. — REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/Illustration

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

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 companies lose tenders for Israeli light rail

Danny Zaken

In Ma'ale HaHamisha, reporting on Israel

This undated photo taken in April 2018 shows China's sole operational aircraft carrier, the Liaoning (front), sailing with other ships during a drill at sea.

How significant is Egypt and China’s naval exercise in Mediterranean?

Adam Lucente

In New York City, reporting on regional news, militancy, climate change

US warns Egypt to avoid Chinese companies on 5G connections

Khalid Hassan