Which Israeli ideas have truly changed the world, and which breakthroughs being developed today could shape the years ahead?
This Rosh Hashanah, ynet Global will unveil its annual selection of 20 standout Israeli breakthroughs in a special project published simultaneously in Hebrew and English.
Produced in collaboration with the Technion, Rafael, Sheba Medical Center and Keter Group, the project aims to present a broad picture of Israeli innovation, focusing not only on the technologies and inventions themselves but also on the people, ideas and stories that made them possible.
The list spans fields in which Israel has become a major center of research and development over the years. It will include medical breakthroughs designed to save lives and transform treatment, defense technologies, advances in artificial intelligence and computing, as well as innovations in food, agriculture, energy, transportation, space and sustainability.
The selection is not based solely on commercial success or public exposure. It also weighs originality, the ability to solve a real problem, the impact already achieved and the potential to transform an entire field in the future.
That means the list will feature not only developments that have already gained international recognition, but also younger ideas still on their way to becoming part of everyday life.
Some of the selected technologies are already operating around the world and affecting millions of people, even if most users have no idea they originated in Israel. Others are still at an early stage but already offer a new approach to longstanding problems and point toward where entire industries may be heading.
Each selection will also return to the moment when the idea first emerged: the problem that created the need, the researchers, doctors, entrepreneurs and engineers who chose to try something different, the obstacles they encountered and the process that turned an idea on paper into a technology working in the real world.
Together, the 20 breakthroughs also tell a wider story about how innovation is created in Israel: the movement between academia and industry, collaboration between hospitals and technology companies, experience accumulated in the defense sector and the ability to turn basic research into practical solutions.
Often, these ideas begin in a laboratory or as a response to a highly specific need, only for their creators to later discover that the same solution can address a much broader global challenge.
So which developments made ynet Global’s list of 20 Israeli breakthroughs?
The full selection and the stories behind them will be revealed in the special Rosh Hashanah project.