Europe mulls blocking Israel from research programs

The European Union is moving to block Israel from cooperating in its quantum computing and space research programs under the Horizon Europe research fund, Science Magazine reported.

The proposal has yet to be approved, by the 27 EU member states. If it passes, Israeli researchers would be shut out from these programs. 

This development occurred despite Horizon Europe's 2018 promise, when the program was initiated, that it would be "open to the world," Science Magazine reported.

Horizon Europe is the latest iteration of the European research programs, which began in 1984 and are renewed every seven years.

Essentially, this means that the EU estimates that quantum and space technologies will become increasingly important national security fields in the near future, according to Science|Business.