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20 stories about Opinion
Jeremy Levin

Innovation made Israel strong. Voting will keep it that way

29.04.26|Dr. Jeremy M. Levin
“Fly & Vote” is not a slogan. It is a decision to remain part of the system that helped shape you—and to take responsibility for where it goes next.
ד"ר לירן ענתבי

Cheap drones, expensive lessons

28.04.26|Liran Antebi
The rise of cheap, rapidly evolving drone warfare - from fiber-optic control to mass production - is reshaping the battlefield faster than traditional militaries can adapt, forcing a rethink of how advantage is built and sustained.
Aviram Givoni

The iron gateway to Europe: The connection between German engineering and Israeli audacity

28.04.26|Aviram Givoni
The "5-Point Plan," the new agreement between Germany and Israel, could prove to be a tool for anchoring a broad strategic partnership and long-term projects that will strengthen and deepen the cooperation between the two nations.
Israel's defense tech ecosystem (2026)

The only country iterating DefenseTech under fire - Israel celebrates 78 years of independence

23.04.26|Alex Shmulovich
"Traditional militaries learn between wars. Israel is learning between iterations of the same war. Systems here do not just reach product-market fit. They reach battle-fit," writes Alex Shmulovich, a Partner at Viola Ventures.
Ambassador Xiao Junzheng

Innovation as an engine: Driving Chinese modernization and China-Israel tech cooperation

23.04.26|Xiao Junzheng
"Israel is globally renowned as “Startup Nation”, and innovation has become a shared pathway for China and Israel to address development challenges," writes Chinese Ambassador to Israel, Xiao Junzheng.
יהודה טאוב שותף כללי בקרן Hetz ventures

The AI company worth more than Israel's GDP - what it means for us

20.04.26|Judah Taub
Anthropic’s surge exposes a deeper truth: Israel is early in AI adoption, but late in strategic planning.
Gal Peretz

The real test of AI is not the chatbot. It’s the emergency call center

20.04.26|Gal Peretz
Most people judge AI by convenience. In emergency communications, the question is different: can it reduce uncertainty, shorten time to action, and support human judgment when panic is part of the signal?
Eilon Elhadad

The AI cybersecurity boom may be creating a bigger problem than it solves

19.04.26|Eilon Elhadad
"The gap between when a vulnerability is understood and when you can actually eliminate it from your systems is about to become more visible, more frequent, and more operationally expensive," writes Eilon Elhadad, co-founder and CEO at Echo.
יניב גולן שותף בקרן הון סיכון lool ventures

Anthropic’s revolution is a wake-up call for Israeli cyber

16.04.26|Yaniv Golan
The Israeli market remains strong, but the question of whether cyber is still an "excellent" investment now yields a complex answer.
Ronnen Armon

The next investigator: From collecting evidence to understanding it with AI

16.04.26|Ronnen Armon
As AI systems become more powerful, the importance of human judgment only increases.
הקברניט לייזר נשק אנרגיה אור איתן

Low-cost interception systems and spectrum control are reshaping the battlefield

14.04.26|Evan Renov, Lisya Bahar Manoah
The economic efficiency of defense systems is becoming an integral part of military strategy, driving investors and companies in the defense and deep tech sectors to focus on technologies that can rebalance the equation.
ערן ברק שותף מייסד ומנכ"ל חברת הסייבר MIND

90% of companies have already adopted AI - so why do only 20% manage to extract real value?

13.04.26|Eran Barak
"AI has effectively become a “stress test” for organizational data infrastructure. Ultimately, the challenge organizations face today is not an excess of AI, but a lack of readiness for it," writes Eran Barak, co-founder and CEO of MIND.
Erez Agmon

Israel's blind spot: The CFO is ready to buy, but is Israeli tech ready to sell?

12.04.26|Erez Agmon
"The AI-driven transformation of the CFO tech stack is creating a rare market opportunity," writes Erez Agmon, CEO of Vayu.
Safi Keisari

Coding is only 20% of the effort: The revolution transforming Israeli tech

08.04.26|Saffi Keisari
Saffi Keisari, VP of R&D (Chief of Engineering) at Priority Software, argues that in the age of AI, planning has become the most critical factor in the world of development. 
Ezra Gardner Varana

In a fragmenting world, one investment destination stands out: Israel

08.04.26|Ezra Gardner
"Investors face a simple question: Where will growth, resilience, and strategic alignment converge? Right now, there is a compelling case that the answer is Israel," writes Ezra Gardner, Co-Founder of Varana Capital.
Gil Shai

Hormuz is the wake-up call: Climate tech is now an economic necessity

07.04.26|Gil Shai
The Hormuz disruption did not create a new market, but it did make the existing one impossible to ignore. 
Vera Shulman

Learning to manage the cloud without losing control

03.04.26|Vera Shulman
"The key question for decision-makers is no longer which model writes better code, but whether their cloud infrastructure is ready for the day AI becomes central to business operations rather than a marginal tool," writes Vera Shulman, CEO of ProfiSea.
מיה בלנק סמנכ"לית משאבי אנוש Evinced

The battle for managerial autonomy: Are your employees managing AI, or is AI managing them?

01.04.26|Maya Blanc
"The question is no longer technical but fundamentally managerial: if the machine knows how to execute, who defines what is worth executing?" writes Maya Blanc, VP of HR at Evinced.
נועה אשר NTT

Laser energy: From the military domain to the core of civilian innovation

30.03.26|Noa Asher
Recent developments in laser technology are enabling civilian applications that were previously out of reach, such as electrical infrastructure, drones, and the Internet of Things. Innovative Israeli technologies could play a decisive role in the laser revolution.
Dor Lee-Lo

The European VC gap in Israeli tech and why it matters now

29.03.26|Dor Lee-Lo
Structural gaps, not strategy, explain why European investors are missing from Israel's tech ecosystem.