UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 18-K/A
For Foreign Governments and Political Subdivisions Thereof
AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO
ANNUAL REPORT OF
THE STATE OF ISRAEL
(Name of Registrant)
Date of end of last fiscal year: December 31, 2023
SECURITIES REGISTERED*
(As of the close of the fiscal year)
| TITLE OF ISSUE | AMOUNTS AS TO WHICH REGISTRATION IS EFFECTIVE | NAMES OF EXCHANGES ON WHICH REGISTERED | ||
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
Names and addresses of persons authorized to receive notices
and communications from the Securities and Exchange Commission
Elinor Azani
Head of Israel Economic Mission — Western Hemisphere
Ministry of Finance of the State of Israel
800 Second Avenue, 17th Floor
New York, New York 10017
United States
Copy to:
David Menchel, Esq.
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
250 West 55th Street
New York, New York 10019
United States
| * | The Registrant is filing this annual report on a voluntary basis. |
THE STATE OF ISRAEL (THE “STATE”)
The sole purpose of this Amendment No. 2 is to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission certain exhibits to Israel’s Annual Report on Form 18-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, as amended.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit Number | |
| A: | None. |
| B: | None. |
| C-1: | Copy of the State Budget for Fiscal Years 2023 – 2024 (in Hebrew).† |
| C-2: | Copy of the Additional Budget Bill for Fiscal Year 2023 (in Hebrew).†† |
| C-3: | Copy of the Additional Budget Bill for Fiscal Year 2024 (in Hebrew).††† |
| D: | Current Description of the State of Israel.†††† |
| D-1: | Recent Developments in the State of Israel as of February 11, 2025. ††††† |
| E: | Second Amended and Restated Master Fiscal Agency Agreement, dated May 22, 2024 by and among the State of Israel, Computershare Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A.**## |
| F: | Form of Bonds*** |
| G: |
| H: | Form of Amendment No. 1, dated as of February 24, 2004, to Fiscal Agency Agreement between the Registrant and Citibank, N.A., as Fiscal Agent.**** |
| J: | Opinion of the Legal Advisor to the Ministry of Finance of the State of Israel dated February 19, 2025.* |
| K: | Opinion of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP dated February 19, 2025.* |
| † | Previously filed as Exhibit C to the State of Israel’s Annual Report on Form 18-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed on June 30, 2023. |
| †† | Previously filed as Exhibit C-1 to Amendment No. 1 to the State of Israel’s Annual Report on Form 18-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed on January 4, 2024. |
| ††† | Previously filed as Exhibit C-3 to the State of Israel’s Annual Report on Form 18-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed on July 1, 2024. |
| †††† | Previously filed as Exhibit D to the State of Israel’s Annual Report on Form 18-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed on July 1, 2024. |
| ††††† | Previously filed as Exhibit D-1 to the State of Israel’s Annual Report on Form 18-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed on February 11, 2025. |
| * | Filed herewith. |
| ** | Previously filed as Exhibit E to the State of Israel’s Annual Report on Form 18-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed on July 1, 2024, and relating to the State of Israel Bonds offered pursuant to Registration Statement No. 333-257576, as filed on June 30, 2021 and declared effective on August 25, 2021. |
| *** | Previously filed as Exhibit F to the State of Israel’s Annual Report on Form 18-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed on July 1, 2024, and relating to the State of Israel Bonds offered pursuant to Registration Statement No. 333-257576, as filed on June 30, 2021 and declared effective on August 25, 2021. |
| **** | Previously filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-184134. |
| ***** | Previously filed on January 7, 2016 as Exhibit G to Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report of the State of Israel for year ended December 31, 2014 (file no. 002-94917). |
| ## | Certain information contained in this agreement has been omitted because it is not material and is the type of information that the registrant treats as private or confidential. |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Jerusalem, Israel on February 19, 2025.
| STATE OF ISRAEL | ||
| By: | /s/ Gil Cohen | |
| Name: | Gil Cohen | |
| Title: | Senior Deputy Accountant General, Ministry of Finance | |
| By: | /s/ Saar Elimelech | |
| Name: | Saar Elimelech | |
| Title: | Head of Global Debt Capital Markets and FX Transactions, Ministry of Finance | |
