Exhibit 25 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT, that I, the undersigned, do hereby constitute and appoint SHLOMO RECHT, LAWRENCE LEFKOWITZ, and ALAN L. SCHAFFER, or any one and or more of them, my true and lawful attorney or attorneys for me, and in my name, place and stead, as a director and/or officer of AMPAL-AMERICAN ISRAEL CORPORATION to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of AMPAL-AMERICAN ISRAEL CORPORATION to the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31, 1995, and any and all amendments thereto, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the above premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all said attorneys-in-fact or either of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. February 9, 1996 /s/Arie Abend - ------------------------- ----------------------- Date Signature E-68 Exhibit 25 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT, that I, the undersigned, do hereby constitute and appoint SHLOMO RECHT, LAWRENCE LEFKOWITZ, and ALAN L. SCHAFFER, or any one and or more of them, my true and lawful attorney or attorneys for me, and in my name, place and stead, as a director and/or officer of AMPAL-AMERICAN ISRAEL CORPORATION to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of AMPAL-AMERICAN ISRAEL CORPORATION to the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31, 1995, and any and all amendments thereto, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the above premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all said attorneys-in-fact or either of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. February 7, 1996 /s/Michael Arnon - ------------------------- ----------------------- Date Signature E-69 Exhibit 25 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT, that I, the undersigned, do hereby constitute and appoint SHLOMO RECHT, LAWRENCE LEFKOWITZ, and ALAN L. SCHAFFER, or any one and or more of them, my true and lawful attorney or attorneys for me, and in my name, place and stead, as a director and/or officer of AMPAL-AMERICAN ISRAEL CORPORATION to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of AMPAL-AMERICAN ISRAEL CORPORATION to the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31, 1995, and any and all amendments thereto, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the above premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all said attorneys-in-fact or either of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. February 2, 1996 /s/Stanley I. Batkin - ------------------------- ----------------------- Date Signature E-70 Exhibit 25 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT, that I, the undersigned, do hereby constitute and appoint SHLOMO RECHT, LAWRENCE LEFKOWITZ, and ALAN L. SCHAFFER, or any one and or more of them, my true and lawful attorney or attorneys for me, and in my name, place and stead, as a director and/or officer of AMPAL-AMERICAN ISRAEL CORPORATION to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of AMPAL-AMERICAN ISRAEL CORPORATION to the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31, 1995, and any and all amendments thereto, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the above premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all said attorneys-in-fact or either of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. February 4, 1996 /s/Yaacov Elinav - ------------------------- ----------------------- Date Signature E-71 Exhibit 25 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT, that I, the undersigned, do hereby constitute and appoint SHLOMO RECHT, LAWRENCE LEFKOWITZ, and ALAN L. SCHAFFER, or any one and or more of them, my true and lawful attorney or attorneys for me, and in my name, place and stead, as a director and/or officer of AMPAL-AMERICAN ISRAEL CORPORATION to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of AMPAL-AMERICAN ISRAEL CORPORATION to the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31, 1995, and any and all amendments thereto, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the above premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all said attorneys-in-fact or either of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. February 5, 1996 /s/Harry B. Henshel - ------------------------- ----------------------- Date Signature E-72 Exhibit 25 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT, that I, the undersigned, do hereby constitute and appoint SHLOMO RECHT, LAWRENCE LEFKOWITZ, and ALAN L. SCHAFFER, or any one and or more of them, my true and lawful attorney or attorneys for me, and in my name, place and stead, as a director and/or officer of AMPAL-AMERICAN ISRAEL CORPORATION to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of AMPAL-AMERICAN ISRAEL CORPORATION to the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31, 1995, and any and all amendments thereto, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the above premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all said attorneys-in-fact or either of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. March 5, 1996 /s/Irwin Hochberg - ------------------------- ----------------------- Date Signature E-73 Exhibit 25 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT, that I, the undersigned, do hereby constitute and appoint SHLOMO RECHT, LAWRENCE LEFKOWITZ, and ALAN L. SCHAFFER, or any one and or more of them, my true and lawful attorney or attorneys for me, and in my name, place and stead, as a director and/or officer of AMPAL-AMERICAN ISRAEL CORPORATION to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of AMPAL-AMERICAN ISRAEL CORPORATION to the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31, 1995, and any and all amendments thereto, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the above premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all said attorneys-in-fact or either of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. March 8, 1996 /s/Herbert Kronish - ------------------------- ----------------------- Date Signature E-74 Exhibit 25 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT, that I, the undersigned, do hereby constitute and appoint SHLOMO RECHT, LAWRENCE LEFKOWITZ, and ALAN L. SCHAFFER, or any one and or more of them, my true and lawful attorney or attorneys for me, and in my name, place and stead, as a director and/or officer of AMPAL-AMERICAN ISRAEL CORPORATION to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of AMPAL-AMERICAN ISRAEL CORPORATION to the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31, 1995, and any and all amendments thereto, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the above premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all said attorneys-in-fact or either of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. February 7, 1996 /s/Lawrence Lefkowitz - ------------------------- ----------------------- Date Signature E-75 Exhibit 25 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT, that I, the undersigned, do hereby constitute and appoint SHLOMO RECHT, LAWRENCE LEFKOWITZ, and ALAN L. SCHAFFER, or any one and or more of them, my true and lawful attorney or attorneys for me, and in my name, place and stead, as a director and/or officer of AMPAL-AMERICAN ISRAEL CORPORATION to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of AMPAL-AMERICAN ISRAEL CORPORATION to the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31, 1995, and any and all amendments thereto, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the above premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all said attorneys-in-fact or either of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. February 9, 1996 /s/Shimon Ravid - ------------------------- ----------------------- Date Signature E-76 Exhibit 25 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT, that I, the undersigned, do hereby constitute and appoint SHLOMO RECHT, LAWRENCE LEFKOWITZ, and ALAN L. SCHAFFER, or any one and or more of them, my true and lawful attorney or attorneys for me, and in my name, place and stead, as a director and/or officer of AMPAL-AMERICAN ISRAEL CORPORATION to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of AMPAL-AMERICAN ISRAEL CORPORATION to the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31, 1995, and any and all amendments thereto, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the above premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all said attorneys-in-fact or either of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. February 4, 1996 /s/Shlomo Recht - ------------------------- ----------------------- Date Signature E-77 Exhibit 25 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT, that I, the undersigned, do hereby constitute and appoint SHLOMO RECHT, LAWRENCE LEFKOWITZ, and ALAN L. SCHAFFER, or any one and or more of them, my true and lawful attorney or attorneys for me, and in my name, place and stead, as a director and/or officer of AMPAL-AMERICAN ISRAEL CORPORATION to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of AMPAL-AMERICAN ISRAEL CORPORATION to the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31, 1995, and any and all amendments thereto, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the above premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all said attorneys-in-fact or either of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. March 10, 1996 /s/Evelyn Sommer - ------------------------- ----------------------- Date Signature E-78