Isaac Ben-Israel

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Isaac Ben-Israel
Faction represented in the Knesset
2007–2009Kadima
Personal details
Born (1949-07-26) 26 July 1949 (age 74)
Tel Aviv, Israel

Isaac Ben-Israel (

Covid-19 would play itself out within seventy days, regardless of intervention levels.[1]

Biography

Ben-Israel finished his studies at the

Technion
's Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology; the academic council of Tel-Aviv Academic College of Engineering; the Interdisciplinary Center for Technological Analysis and forecasting (Tel-Aviv Univ.); and the National Committee for Information Society Technology. In 2003, he founded RAY-TOP (Technology Opportunities) Ltd., a Defense consultancy firm.

In 2017, Ben-Israel was appointed to the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace, and served on the commission until its successful conclusion in 2019, participating in the drafting of its eight norms related to non-aggression in cyberspace.

Support for the Nautilus MTHEL

Ben-Israel has been a staunch supporter of —and by extension, critic of the

2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, and called for increasing the military budget
of Israel with a focus on advanced technology, including reviving the MTHEL program.

Politics

In the 2006 Knesset elections, he was placed 31st on Kadima's list, but missed out on a seat when the party won only 29 mandates. However, after Shimon Peres resigned his seat in the Knesset to become President, Ben-Israel replaced him on 25 June 2007. He lost his seat in the February 2009 elections.

Awards

Ben-Israel has received many awards for his contributions to Israeli

. He is the author of Dialogues on Science and Defense (1989) and The Philosophy of Intelligence (1999).

Further reading

References

  1. ^ "I was right, says prof who predicted pandemic would play itself out in 70 days". The Times of Israel.

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