---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-095041"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ZNOG"
cik: "0001131312"
company_name: "ZION OIL & GAS INC"
filed_at: "2023-12-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T13:59:22.324129+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Amotz Agnon resigns; Jeffrey Moskowitz elected to Zion Oil & Gas Board

## Summary
- Dr. Amotz Agnon resigned effective Jan 1, 2024, citing the Israel war and demand for his geological skills.
- Jeffrey Moskowitz, Managing Director of Zion's Israel Branch, elected Class I director effective Jan 1, 2024.
- Moskowitz, an employee director, will not serve on independent committees; up for reelection at 2024 annual meeting.
- Board cites Moskowitz's extensive experience with Israeli government officials as invaluable.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-095041
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ZNOG
- cik: 0001131312
- company_name: ZION OIL & GAS INC
- filed_at: 2023-12-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1131312/000121390023095041/0001213900-23-095041-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1131312/000121390023095041/ea189932-8k_zionoil.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-095041.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Dr. Amotz Agnon resigned as director at ZION OIL & GAS INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: director
  source text: On December 10, 2023, Dr. Amotz Agnon, Professor of Geology and Geophysics in Israel, sent the below email to the Board of Directors of Zion Oil & Gas, Inc. (the “Company”) to ask to be released from his duties on the Board and position on the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1131312/000121390023095041/0001213900-23-095041-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jeffrey Moskowitz was elected as Class I director at ZION OIL & GAS INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Class I director
  source text: By motion and vote by the Board, Jeffrey Moskowitz was elected to fill the vacancy as a Class I director effective January 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1131312/000121390023095041/0001213900-23-095041-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.