Turning a desert into a home

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1 1950s Turning a desert into a home When the War of Independence ended, Israel began building a nation from scratch. It was no easy task, the country was mostly desert, had few natural resources, and was still rose, rationing and austerity became the bywords of the decade. Photo: Residents of Tel Aviv stand in a line for food rations provided by the government 1/2

2 1950s Turning a desert into a home Against the odds, by the end of the 1950s, Israel laid the foundations of the highly innovative nation it is today, making strides in telecommunications, housing, roads, electrical networks and even solar power. Key among these advances was Israel s success grains, introducing innovations that would transform agriculture and dairy farming. 2/2

3 1960s Israel starts to look outwards With prosperity increasing, and diplomatic relations improving worldwide, in the 1960s This was the decade when drip irrigation, solar-powered turbines, and desalination took off; when the National Water Carrier was completed, bringing water and agriculture to technological prowess for generations to come. in order to inspect the large solar reactor under construction 1/2

4 1960s Israel starts to look outwards It was also a time when culture began to blossom. Shai Agnon won a Nobel Prize for & FG " $ & 3 D B Company were established. Perhaps most remarkable of all, in a country so young and? / B H H & $ / 3?% G & J & Development Cooperation. Photo: Joanna Prener gives a biology lesson in the studio of an instructional television program in Ramat Aviv! " # $ 3 2/2

5 1970s Winning puts Israel on the map 1973 Yom Kippur war delivered a psychological blow, and the country s rapidly growing Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball team won the 1977 European Cup, Miss Israel was named Miss Universe, and Israel won the Eurovision Song Contest. Photo: Miss Israel Rina Mor wins the Miss Universe competition in /2

6 1970s Winning puts Israel on the map At the same time, a new wave of immigration to Israel from the former Soviet Union began, fueling a growing population now surpassing 3 million, and adding more highly educated workers to the labor force. New technologies began emerging, and high-tech companies like Intel began to plant roots in Israel, laying the foundation for a blossoming startup ecosystem. Electronics department in Rehovot 2/2

7 1980s Shaping a modern economy The 1980s was a decade of increasing optimism in Israel. In 1985, the country managed to stabilize its economy, paving the way for the rapid growth of the 1990s and becoming a model for other countries facing similar economic crises. The Israel-Egypt peace treaty, Photo: Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat tour an agricultural ranch outside Lake Nasser, Egypt 1/2

8 1980s Shaping a modern economy greater interest in food and wine. In the mid-1980s the nation s wine industry underwent technology and science, putting tiny Israel into the spotlight as a big source of innovation. EL AL Photo Archive 2/2

9 1990s Birth of the Startup Nation The 1990s set the tone for the coming decades of Israeli prominence in high-tech with a rapidly developing venture capital sector and globally groundbreaking innovations from ICQ and the PillCam ingestible diagnostic camera from Given Imaging. Photo: Onlookers admire a display of new computers at a technology fair at the Tel Aviv fairgrounds 1/2

10 1990s Birth of the Startup Nation breathing monitor, a GPS system for brain surgery, and drugs for Parkinson s disease and ovarian cancer. The end of the 1990s saw the founding of Mobileye, a company that developed a widely adopted computer-vision system for driver assistance, and which has gone on to become one of Israel s biggest corporate blockbusters for its technologies that will assure the safety of tomorrow s automated vehicles. Technion Photo Archive 2/2

11 2000s High-tech and humanitarian aid Despite the crash in the global dotcom bubble at the start of the decade, Israel s hightech industry bounced back quickly, grabbing the attention of the world and major Google, Microsoft, Motorola and Intel began setting up research-and-development centers in Israel, starting an ongoing trend. home of technology giants like Amazon, Intel Yahoo!, Qualcomm, and others 1/2

12 2000s High-tech and humanitarian aid Israel also gained global admiration for humanitarian innovations at home and abroad. for the coming years. Photo: IsraeAID staff work to distribute emergency food and medical supplies in Ecuador 2/2

13 2010s Israel in every home Today, despite seven decades of war and turmoil, Israel is the country of choice for cybersecurity, auto technologies, water innovation, security and much more. With one of the strongest global economies, Israel enjoys a high standard of living, a sophisticated welfare state, a strong VC industry, some of the best universities in the world, a powerful military, and a cutting-edge high-tech sector second only to Silicon Valley. 1/2

14 2010s Israel in every home This is the decade where Israel has found its way into every home around the world. Whether it s in technology developed in Israel by corporate giants, or in mobile apps, or in can be found everywhere. 2/2