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Will the Minister of Science make his predecessor's decision? | Israel today

2020-06-01T07:41:24.851Z


| SentenceThe next coalition crisis on the way? Following the storm of appointment and petitions to the High Court, Yizhar Shai hinted that he would appoint the professor who refused to support the Israeli-German research fund Will Scientist Affair Yael True Become the Next Controversy Rock between Blue and White Likud? New Science Minister Yizhar Shay hinted on Sunday that he intends to approve the appoin...


The next coalition crisis on the way? Following the storm of appointment and petitions to the High Court, Yizhar Shai hinted that he would appoint the professor who refused to support the Israeli-German research fund

Will Scientist Affair Yael True Become the Next Controversy Rock between Blue and White Likud? New Science Minister Yizhar Shay hinted on Sunday that he intends to approve the appointment of Amitai to the Israel-Germany Research Foundation. The case was revealed in "Israel Today" after former Science Minister Ophir Akunis decided to disqualify Amitai because she called for refusal and refused to return.

Minister Xi (blue-and-white) said in an interview to the Knesset channel that "expressing a position, as far as it is legal, should not interfere with scientific matters. Things have to be separated. There was a real argument (against real - so). The letter was written in uncomfortable circumstances and there were difficult feelings. He added, however, that he had not yet made a decision, but asked the High Court for three weeks to look into the issue.

Minister Ophir Akunis, who was the one who disqualified Amitai and even struggled with the matter in the High Court, called on Minister Shai to go on his way and appoint a person who does not support the refusal to serve in the IDF.

"Despite all my attempts over the past two years to extract her statement against insubordination, or back from signing a political petition by academics for insubordination, the real lady insists on her wrongful act, done during the al-Aqsa Intifada that has killed many hundreds of Israeli citizens, only for being Jewish "I still hope and believe that Minister Xi will find the way to choose another academy woman who will proudly and willingly represent the State of Israel in the Israel-Germany Research Fund and will not appoint someone like the real who said 'she does not represent the state,'" Akunis said.

Recall, in January, the Supreme Court rejected the position of the Council for Higher Education for the second time that Minister of Science and Technology of the Gate, Ophir Akunis, must appoint Prof. Amitai to the Israeli representative in the German Research Foundation and do so immediately. In this, the court accepted the position of Minister Akunis who advised the judges to wait with the appointment until the next government is formed. "With all the understanding of the last position (the petitioners, IA), in the circumstances of the case there is nothing to order the respondent to update within 90 days," meaning to wait three months , Judge Neil Handel wrote.

Government convenes first work meeting // Photo: GPO

In doing so, Justice Handel reluctantly obliged Minister Akunis to appoint Amitai to the post, from which Akunis disqualified her for her support of his refusal. His decision was also a blow to the Attorney General and his staff, who supported a genuine position and the MLA, refused to represent Akunis in the High Court and even tried to prevent him from speaking at the hearing.  

Last March, the Supreme Court unanimously decided only to accept Professor Yael Amitai's petition and order the cancellation of Science Minister Ophir Acunis' decision. However, they stated that the minister could choose whether to approve appointment based on value considerations. 

Jury Judge Neil Handel George Read and Alex Stein added that the matter should be re-examined by the minister in accordance with the criteria set out in the ruling. Later, Prof. Amitai and the MLA again petitioned to compel Akunis to immediately appoint her to the post. However, in both the previous and current decisions, the court did not accept the petitioner's position, thus leaving Akunis' decision to disqualify Amitai. 

Akunis welcomed the decision of the High Court and told Israel Today that "it is a victory first and foremost for common sense and the logic of the law. I insist on the valiant and consistent position that a real lady, who signed a petition that encourages and encourages rebellion during the 2002 Intifada, cannot represent the State of Israel in an international forum. I was pleased that the Supreme Court adopted my proposal to wait until the establishment of a new government. "

Minister Ophir Akunis // Photo Archive: Oren Ben Hakun

Last March, the Supreme Court unanimously decided to accept Professor Yael Amitai's petition and order the cancellation of Science Minister Ophir Akunis' decision, but they nevertheless ruled that the minister could choose whether to approve appointment based on value considerations.

Jury Judge Neil Handel George Read and Alex Stein added that the matter should be re-examined by the minister in accordance with the criteria set out in the ruling.

"The ruling in the case of Minister Ophir Acunis is a serious violation of the freedom of political expression in Israel," said the Civil Rights Association following the ruling issued today regarding the appointment of Prof. Yael Amitai. "The court actually allowed the minister to examine a candidate's worldview and disqualify her if she did not align with the minister's position. This, in turn, set the judges off the line that guided the court for more than 65 years, even from the time Ben Gurion tried to prevent Lehi from getting a job. clergy".

Prof. Yael Amitai // Photo: Oren Ben Hakun

Prof. Yael Amitai is an expert in cell physiology and biology, who headed the Ben-Gurion University of Cognition and Neuroscience. A true professor accepted the request of the Ministry of Science and Technology to volunteer at the Board of Governors of the Germany-Israel Foundation for Scientific Research and Development. However, the appointment process was not completed in the light of the Minister of Science's refusal to sign the appointment letter, since although he did not doubt her professional qualifications, her signature in 2002 called for a petition calling for refusal to serve as "soldiers in the Occupied Territories" rises to her refusal and active encouragement and constitutes a "criminal offense and violation Of the rule of law. "

Source: israelhayom

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