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Israel’s Next Election May Decide Its First AI-Era Prime Minister
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First reported by Calcalist · Jun 18, 2026
What happened
An Israeli opinion piece argues that the next election could effectively choose Israel’s first AI-era prime minister. It says the country needs a national AI strategy built around infrastructure, education, industrial capacity and alliances, not just innovation grants.
- 01Israel may be the first major Western democracy to elect an AI-era prime minister.
- 02AI is framed as national infrastructure, not just a technology sector.
- 03High-tech contributes about a quarter of GDP and more than half of exports.
- 04The author wants Israel ranked among the world’s top three AI powers.
- 05A new prime-ministerial office should coordinate budgets, research, energy and alliances.
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