UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 312, 2013 (~~March~~April 289, 2013)

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Ampal-American Israel Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


New York (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	0-538 (Commission File Number)		13-0435685 (IRS Employer Identification No.)
477 Madison Avenue New York, NY, USA (Address of principal executive offices)		10022 (Zip Code)
(866) 447-8636 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Item 51.0203. ~~Departure~~Bankruptcy ~~of Directors~~ or ~~Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers~~Receivership.

~~(b) In~~As ~~connection~~previously ~~with~~disclosed, Ampal-American Israel Corporation’s (the “Company”) filed a voluntary petition for relief ~~commenced~~ on August 29, 2012 under Chapter 11 (Case No. 12-13689) ~~(the “Case”)~~ of Title 11 of the United States Code ~~(the “Bankruptcy Code”)~~ in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Bankruptcy Court”). Effective as of April 9, 2013, Michael Luskin was appointed as the Company’s ~~entered~~Chapter ~~into~~11 aTrustee ~~Stipulation~~pursuant ~~together~~to ~~with~~a ~~all~~Chapter ~~the~~11 ~~members~~Notice of ~~the~~Appointment ~~Board~~ of ~~Directors~~Trustee ofissued by the ~~Company~~United ~~(the~~States ~~“Board”)~~Trustee ~~other~~and ~~than~~an ~~Yosef~~Order A.Approving ~~Maiman,~~Appointment ~~and~~of ~~the~~Trustee ~~officers~~issued ofby the ~~Company~~Bankruptcy ~~other~~Court. ~~than~~Mr. ~~Yosef~~Luskin A.is ~~Maiman,~~a bypartner ~~and~~at ~~through~~the ~~their~~firm ~~respective~~of ~~counsel~~Luskin, ~~(the~~Stern ~~“Stipulation”). At~~and aEisler ~~meeting~~LLP onand ~~March~~he ~~28,~~has ~~2013,~~extensive ~~the~~experience ~~Board~~in ~~agreed~~the toarea ~~certain~~of ~~actions~~bankruptcy. ~~relating~~He tois ~~the~~a ~~governance~~Fellow of the ~~Company,~~American ~~including~~College ~~modifying~~of ~~the~~Bankruptcy ~~size~~and ofhas ~~the~~been ~~Board~~recognized ~~and~~as ~~electing~~a ~~replacement~~leading ~~directors,~~bankruptcy inlawyer ~~each~~by ~~case~~Chambers ~~subject~~USA: toAmerica’s ~~the~~Leading ~~approval~~Lawyers offor ~~the~~Business ~~Stipulation~~in byeach ~~the~~year ~~Bankruptcy~~since ~~Court~~2001.

In connection with the Stipulation, on March 28, 2013, the Company was notified in writing that the following directors were resigning from their positions as directors of the Company, effective upon the earlier of (i) the appointment by the Bankruptcy Court of a Chief Restructuring Officer, Trustee, or other independent fiduciary to lead the Company or (ii) April 9, 2013 at 23:59 pm (Tel Aviv time) (the “Effective Date”): Revital Degani, Irit Eluz, Leo Malamud, Erez Meltzer, Menahem Morag, Sabih Saylan and Daniel Vaknin.

Additionally, the Company was notified on March 28, 2013 that the following officers were resigning from their positions as officers of the Company, as of the Effective Date: Nir Bernstein, Irit Eluz, Yoram Firon and Amit Mantsur.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	AMPAL-AMERICAN ISRAEL CORPORATION
Date: April 3, 2013	By:	/s/ Yoram Firon
Date: April 12, 2013	By:	/s/ Michael Luskin
		Name:	Yoram Firon
		Name: Michael Luskin Title: Trustee for the Chapter 11 Estate of Ampal-American Israel Corporation
		Title:	Vice President - Investments and
			Corporate Affairs and Secretary

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