EXHIBIT 2

                            TOWER SEMICONDUCTOR LTD
                For the Special General Meeting Of Shareholders
                          To Be Held On May 14,2003

             THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

     The  undersigned  shareholder  of  Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (the "Company")
hereby  appoints  each of Rafi Levin, Amir Harel and Tamar Cohen of the Company,
with  full  power of substitution, the true and lawful attorney, agent and proxy
of  the  undersigned, to  vote,  as  designated  on the reverse side, all of the
Ordinary Shares of the Company which the undersigned is entitled in any capacity
to vote at the Special General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company to be held
at the offices of the Company located at Hamada Avenue, Ramat Gavriel Industrial
Park,  Migdal Haemek, Israel, on May 14, 2003 at 11:OO a.m. (local time) and all
adjournments  and  postponements  thereof.

     The  undersigned  hereby  acknowledges  receipt  of  the  Notice of Special
General  Meeting  and  the Proxy Statement accompanying such Notice, revokes any
proxy  or  proxies   heretofore  given  to  vote upon or act with respect to the
undersigned's  shares  and  hereby  ratifies  and confirms all that the proxies,
their  substitutes,  or  any  of  them,  may  lawfully  do  by  virtue  hereof.

     THIS  PROXY  WHEN  PROPERLY  EXECUTED  WILL BE VOTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER. IN ORDER FOR YOUR VOTE TO
BE   COUNTED  WITH  RESPECT  TO PROPOSAL 1, YOU MUST INDICATE WHETHER YOU HAVE A
PERSONAL  INTEREST  IN SUCH PROPOSAL BY VOTING IN ITEM 1A OR 1B. IF NO DIRECTION
IS  MADE,  THIS  PROXY  WILL  BE  VOTED  FOR  PROPOSALS  2, 3  AND  4.

                (CONTINUED AND TO BE SIGNED ON THE REVERSE SIDE)




                   SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS OF

                            TOWER SEMICONDUCTOR LTD.

                                   May 14, 2003

                           Please date, sign and mail
                             your proxy card in the
                            envelope provided as soon
                                  as possible


PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.
PLEASE MARK YOUR VOTE IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN HERE [X]

Indicate a vote with respect to 1A or 1B according to whether or not you have a
Personal  Interest  in  Proposal 1. Your vote will not be counted if you fail to
vote  or  if  you  vote  in  both  1A  and  1B.


                                                                                                  
1A. VOTE HERE if you do not have a Personal Interest (as defined below) in
    Proposal 1. TO APPROVE an amendment to the Fab 2 investment                          FOR     AGAINST   ABSTAIN
    agreements. If you vote here, omit 1B.                                                 []       []       []

1B. VOTE HERE if you have a Personal Interest (as defined below) in
    Proposal 1. TO APPROVE an amendment to the
    Fab 2 investment agreements. If you vote here, omit IA.                                []       []       []

2.  TO APPROVE the increase in the number of the Company's authorized
    ordinary shares to 100,000,000 and related amendment of the Articles of Association.   []       []       []

3.  TO APPROVE the appointment of Mr. Carmel Vernia, effective June 1 2003, as
     member and chairman of the Board of Directors.                                        []       []       []

4   TO APPROVE the appointment of Mr. Carmel Vernia, effective June 1, 2003, as
    acting CEO of the Company for a period of up to 3 years.                               []       []       []

You  have  a "Personal Interest" in the approval of an act or transaction at the
Company if the act or transaction will result in a personal or financial benefit
to  you  or  to  a company for which you serve as a director or CEO or which you
have  a  5%  or  greater ownership or voting interest or he the right or appoint
director  or  CEO  and  (i) includes the personal interest of any member of your
immediate  family  including  the spouses thereof), and (ii) excludes a personal
interest  that  arises  solely from the fact of holding shares in the Company or
any  body  corporate.

To change the address on your account, please check the box at right and
indicate your new address in the address space above. Please note that changes
to the registered name(s) on the account may not be submitted via
this method.                                                                 [ ]

Signature of shareholder _______________   Date:  _____________  Signature of Shareholder ________________ Date: ____________