Israel has a Bachelor’s degree in Physics and Computer Science, and a graduate degree in Computer Science. He develops advanced optimization techniques at ClickSoftware technologies, and has published academic papers on numerical analysis, approximation algorithms and artificial intelligence, as well as articles on fault isolation, service management and optimization in industry magazines. Israel is the author of reviews and articles on Artificial Intelligence, including (since 2002) a monthly column in the Israeli magazine of Science and Thought "Galileo", where he is also an Editorial Advisor.