Since 1948, Israel has produced inventions, cures, prizes and companies.
This page proudly celebrates what came out of Israel.
Sources read on 1 November 2026.
14
Israeli Nobel laureates, 1966 to 2025
39
milestones from 1948 to 2026
2.87
children per woman in 2024
against1.40OECD average
SourceOECD Family Database
624,000
cubic metres of drinking water a day from one plant
SourceWater & Wastes Digest
It all starts with the Declaration of Independence in 1948.
39 milestones
David Ben-Gurion reading the Declaration of Independence, 14 May 1948. File photo by Rudi Weissenstein, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
1948 Society
The Declaration of Independence promises equal rights to all.
Equality “irrespective of religion, race or sex”.
SourceAvalon Project
The First Knesset in session, February 1949. File photo by Moshe Marlin Levin, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
1949 Society
Arab citizens vote in Israel's first Knesset election.
Arab representatives and women win seats.
WEIZAC at the Weizmann Institute. File photo by Yuval Madar, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.
1954 Technology
WEIZAC, Israel's first computer, starts running.
“One of the earliest computers in the world.”
SourceWeizmann Institute
The National Water Carrier near Kadarim. File photo by Hanay, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
1964 Water and farming
Drip irrigation at work in Rishpon. File photo by Juandev, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
1965 Water and farming
Netafim is founded on a small Negev kibbutz.
By 2025 it serves farmers in 110 countries.
SourceNetafim
S. Y. Agnon in 1921. File photo, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
1966 Nobel Prizes
Golda Meir in 1973. File photo by Marion S. Trikosko, edited by Talmoryair, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
1969 Society
Golda Meir becomes Israel's first woman Prime Minister.
The world's third woman prime minister.
Sourcetheprimeministers.orgJewish Virtual LibraryBiography.com
Menachem Begin, Jimmy Carter and Anwar Sadat at Camp David, 1978. File photo by Bill Fitz-Patrick, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
1978 Nobel Prizes
1988 Technology
Passengers on an El Al flight during Operation Solomon. File photo by Michael Zarfati, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
1991 Society
Check Point's offices in Tel Aviv. File photo by Petr Cícha, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
1993 Companies
Yitzhak Rabin receives the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, 1994. File photo by Government Press Office, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
1994 Nobel Prizes
Prof. Ruth Arnon, a co-developer of Copaxone. File photo by Weizmann Institute of Science, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
1996 Medicine
1998 Companies
An 8 MB Disk on Key drive sold under IBM's name. File photo by Gbuchana, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
2000 Technology
The Israeli company M-Systems starts selling DiskOnKey.
The Technion says it replaced CDs.
SourceTechnion
A swallowable camera capsule. File photo by Euchiasmus, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
2001 Medicine
Daniel Kahneman. File photo by nrkbeta, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
2002 Nobel Prizes
Aaron Ciechanover. File photo by Bengt Oberger, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
2004 Nobel Prizes
Salim Joubran. File photo by רדיומן, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
2004 Society
Robert Aumann. File photo by Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr, via Wikimedia Commons.
2005 Nobel Prizes
2005 Water and farming
The Supreme Court building in Jerusalem. File photo by Chris Hoare, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
2006 Society
Ada Yonath. File photo by Miki Koren, Weizmann Institute of Science, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
2009 Nobel Prizes
Dan Shechtman. File photo by Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
2011 Nobel Prizes
Technion's Dan Shechtman wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
For discovering quasicrystals.
SourceNobelPrize.org
An Iron Dome battery near Ashkelon. File photo by Israel Defense Forces, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
2011 Technology
Arieh Warshel in December 2013. File photo by Bengt Nyman, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
2013 Nobel Prizes
The Sorek desalination plant. File photo by Mark Neyman, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
2013 Water and farming
The Sorek desalination plant reaches full operation.
Up to 624,000 cubic metres of drinking water a day.
SourceWater & Wastes Digest
Uri Levine, a co-founder of Waze. File photo by Campus Party Brasil, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
2013 Companies
Wix's headquarters at Tel Aviv Port. File photo by דוד שי, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
2013 Companies
A Mobileye camera mounted on a windscreen. File photo by Ranbar, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
2017 Companies
A full-scale model of Beresheet in Habima Square, Tel Aviv. File photo by TaBaZzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
2019 Technology
Beresheet, Israel's first Moon mission, reaches lunar orbit but is lost in landing.
The first private Moon landing attempt, says NASA.
SourceNASA
Joshua Angrist in 2011. File photo by MeJudice, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
2021 Nobel Prizes
2024 Water and farming
Israel reclaims over 80 percent of its wastewater, Spain about 30.
The State Comptroller says it leads the world in reuse.
SourceState Comptroller
Joel Mokyr at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. File photo by Karen Zhou, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
2025 Nobel Prizes
Assaf Rappaport, co-founder and CEO of Wiz. File photo by TechCrunch, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
2026 Companies
In 2024, at 2.87 children per woman, Israel had the highest fertility rate in the OECD.
Children per woman in 2024
Children per woman since 1960
IsraelOECD average2.1 children keep a population steady
Source: OECD Family Database, table SF2.1, with Israel's figures from the Central Bureau of Statistics.
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