America’s friends and freedom-loving allies are quietly leading the next great technological surge, and Israel is front and center. CBN’s recent reporting captures what many of us already suspected: investors like Michael Fertik see a unique combination of battlefield-hardened experience, elite engineering talent, and relentless capitalist drive that positions Israel to punch far above its weight in artificial intelligence.
This isn’t theory or PR spin — Israel has been integrating AI into real-world defense work for years, using machine learning to sift mountains of intelligence, counter drones, and map complex underground threats. What other nations treat as future potential, Israel has already field-tested under fire, turning battlefield necessity into technological advantage that private industry can commercialize.
The secret sauce is simple: compulsory service and elite units like Unit 8200 act as national training grounds for young engineers who graduate straight into startups and scale-ups. Government and industry programs have deliberately funneled that military know-how into civilian R&D and workforce pipelines, producing a dense, efficient ecosystem of small, high-impact teams that are exactly what modern AI innovation needs.
Don’t buy the doomsday talk from the naysayers who confuse geopolitics with economics — Israel’s tech sector has proven remarkably resilient even in wartime, drawing venture capital and producing unicorns while the rest of the world wrings its hands. Investors who doubled down after October 7, 2023 made the right call; markets and big-tech R&D centers have continued to flock to Israeli talent and ideas.
That U.S.-Israel technology relationship is not charity — it is strategic common sense. American companies and investors gain access to cutting-edge cybersecurity, semiconductor and AI talent while bolstering a reliable partner that shares our values and strategic goals, and major multinationals already maintain hundreds of R&D centers in Israel for that reason.
Policymakers in Washington who care about winning the AI race should treat Israel the way capitalists treat a winning company: back it, partner with it, and learn from its model. Israel’s extraordinary R&D intensity and private-sector innovation show what happens when a free-market, meritocratic culture meets uncompromising national purpose — the results are breakthroughs, jobs, and security.
Hardworking Americans should be proud that an ally of our values is driving the technologies that will keep our citizens safe and our economy strong. It’s time for conservatives to stop apologizing and start investing in allies who fight for freedom, not ceding the future of AI to regimes that do not share our principles. Support sensible partnerships, reward resilience, and let capitalism and courage keep America first.
