In recent years, there has been a serious deterioration in the Israel Prize institution. Minister of Education Kish is trying to severely damage the institution and cancel the awards in the prestigious research fields.
The status of this important institution must not be discounted, writes Harel Fish, the winner of the award in 2004. Fish's late father was a researcher of English and comparative literature, but he was also one of the leading intellectuals of the right, writes Fish, and he fought for them a lot.