The recent Critical Minerals Ministerial meeting held in Washington, to which Israel was invited alongside dozens of US allies and partners, may not have made headlines in the Jewish state – but it should have. Beneath its technical title lies one of the most consequential shifts in global geopolitics today: the transformation of supply chains into instruments of strategic power.
For decades, critical minerals such as lithium, rare earth elements, cobalt, nickel, and graphite were treated as commercially neutral inputs, governed by markets and price signals. That era is over. These materials now underpin electric vehicles, renewable energy systems, semiconductors, data centers, and advanced weapons platforms. Whoever controls their supply chains holds leverage not only over industry, but over national security.
The American decision to elevate critical minerals to the mini
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