{"id":261899,"date":"2026-06-02T07:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T11:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/israel-aims-to-lead-next-phase-of-ai-revolution-pmo-official-says-israel-jewish-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T08:10:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T12:10:15","slug":"israel-aims-to-lead-next-phase-of-ai-revolution-pmo-official-says-israel-jewish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/israel-aims-to-lead-next-phase-of-ai-revolution-pmo-official-says-israel-jewish-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel aims to lead next phase of AI revolution, PMO official says &#8211; Israel &#038; Jewish News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/news\/israel-news\/israel-aims-to-lead-next-phase-of-ai-revolution-pmo-official-says\">Israel aims to lead next phase of AI revolution, PMO official says &#8211; Israel &#038; Jewish News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/news\/israel-news\/israel-aims-to-lead-next-phase-of-ai-revolution-pmo-official-says\">https:\/\/www.jns.org\/news\/israel-news\/israel-aims-to-lead-next-phase-of-ai-revolution-pmo-official-says<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-02 07:48:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.jns.org\">www.jns.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                            <span>(<br \/>\n                                Jun. 2, 2026<br \/>\n                                 \/ JNS<br \/>\n                            )<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Israel is positioning itself as a global leader in artificial intelligence by focusing on practical applications that address real-world challenges, the head of the National Artificial Intelligence Directorate in the Prime Minister\u2019s Office said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the Eli Hurvitz Conference on Economy and Society hosted by the Israel Democracy Institute, Maj. 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Erez Eshel outlined a national strategy designed to accelerate Israel\u2019s AI capabilities and strengthen the country\u2019s economic and strategic position.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe world is on the verge of a second writing revolution, a moment before a fundamental change in human history, and the State of Israel intends to be a global leader,\u201d Eshel said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Eshel, the government is advancing a broad national plan under the direction of the Israeli prime minister, who has identified artificial intelligence as a strategic priority for Israel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has defined artificial intelligence as an area in which the State of Israel will be a global leader, and we intend to fulfill that mission,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Eshel argued that the model that helped build Israel\u2019s high-tech sector over the past three decades is no longer sufficient in the AI era.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe AI world requires us to rethink everything we have become accustomed to,\u201d he said. \u201cIt demands deep training, long-term planning, and the construction of a local AI stack, with an emphasis on critical and sovereign infrastructure (Sovereign AI).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As major powers invest heavily in foundational AI technologies such as advanced chips, energy infrastructure and large language models, Israel\u2019s comparative advantage lies elsewhere, Eshel said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the world\u2019s major powers&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/news\/israel-news\/israel-aims-to-lead-next-phase-of-ai-revolution-pmo-official-says\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel aims to lead next phase of AI revolution, PMO official says &#8211; Israel &#038;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":261900,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static.jns.org\/dims4\/default\/42d1d74\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2048x1152+0+0\/resize\/1440x810!\/format\/webp\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fk2-prod-jns-prod.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fcc%2F38%2Fa782075f46ba80d442a3ee3ebfda%2Frosh-malal.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-261899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261899"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261899"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":261902,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261899\/revisions\/261902"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}