Israeli Academics: US Govt Attack on Universities Does Not Protect Us

Academia for Equality published a call to Israeli scholars to reject US President Donald Trump’s attacks on students and academic freedom under the false pretense of “combatting antisemitism.” Academia for Equality is an organization with 800 Jewish and Arab academics in Israel members organization working to promote democratization, equality, inclusion, representation, and access to higher…

950 Israelis Sign Petition Calling to Sanction Israel

More than 950 Israelis sign a petition calling to international sanctions against Israel The petition begins with the statement, “Israeli citizens are calling for actual international pressure for an immediate ceasefire,” and states, “We, Israeli citizens, living in Israel and abroad, are calling on the international community – the United Nations and its institutions, the…

Opposing the Winner, Education Minister to Skip Israel Prize Ceremony at Her Office

Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton will rebuff the Israel Prize ceremony for Prof. Oded Goldreich, after a High Court decision two weeks ago overruled her decision to withhold the prestigious academic prize. Mathematician Prof. Oded Goldreich is to receive the prize at the Education Ministry on Monday. Prof. Oded Goldreich (Photo: Zo Haderech) Ministry officials already told Goldreich last…

Communist Professor Will Receive Israel Prize, Supreme Court Rules

Israel’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton must award the Israel Prize to a professor who supports the struggle against occupation of the Palestinian territories. A petition against Shasha-Biton’s decision was filed by the members of the prize committee that had initially awarded the honor to mathematician Prof. Oded Goldreich, a researcher…

Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton at the Trump settlement in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights

Final: Communist Professor Denied Israel Prize over Political Positions

Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton announced on Thursday, November 18, affirmation of her far-right predecessor’s decision to withhold the prestigious Israel Prize from communist Professor Oded Goldreich following the latter’s support for the Palestinian struggle, and specifically his call to boycott Ariel University in the occupied West Bank. Goldreich’s lawyer, Atty. Michael Sfard, called the decision “a…