Ben-Israel finished his studies at the Herzliya Hebrew High School in 1967, and was soon enlisted into the IDF under the Academic Reserve program in which he completed B.SC. in  mathematics and physics. During his military service he earned Ph.D. in philosophy from Tel-Aviv University in 1988.
Ben-Israel finished his studies at the Herzliya Hebrew High School in 1967, and was soon enlisted into the IDF under the Academic Reserve program, which led to him obtaining a B.SC. in mathematics and physics during his military service. He earned a Ph.D. in philosophy from Tel-Aviv University in 1988 while serving in the IDF.