ISRAEL - Thriving High-Tech Industry

Alongside geopolitical instability, the increased adoption of artificial intelligence has reshaped the global high-tech industry, changing how companies hire and invest. Israel’s technology sector has not been immune to these changes, although their impact has not necessarily been negative. The strengthening of the shekel against the US dollar has created another challenge for the country’s export-dependent high-tech industry.

According to data released by the Israel Innovation Authority, Israeli high-tech output increased by 8.2% in 2025. There was a 30% increase in capital raising, record levels of exits, and a record share of high-tech in Israeli exports.

Rotem Meitiv-Klein is the managing director of Experis Israel, a high-tech recruiting firm. Their data also show that over 40% of Israeli tech companies plan to hire in the coming year.

In the first quarter of 2026, this trend appears to be continuing. The tech industry reached a major milestone, with employment in tech positions surpassing 600,000, representing 7% growth. In a report released by The Aaron Institute for Economic Policy at Reichman University, this number represented a sharp increase and a departure from three years of employment slowdown.

-themedialine.org, 20 July 2026

Commentary: This article again highlights Israel’s diverse economy; in this case, high technology and artificial intelligence.

One must realize that Jewish people make up only 0.2% of the world’s population, yet 22% of Nobel Prizes have been awarded to Jews (1901-2025). When it comes to economics, 40% of Nobel laureates were Jews; medicine 26%, physics 24%-27%, chemistry 18%-19%.

When reading Deuteronomy 28, we find the list of the blessed and the cursed. “And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth” (v. 1). We note the word “if,” thus subject to Israel’s obedience.

However, God’s original intention will not change: “God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth.” We may also quote God’s unconditional promise here: “And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed” (Genesis 12:3).

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