Lawyer Michael Sephardi, representing Prof. Oded Goldreich, commented on the High Court's decision not to award him the Israel Prize • "The prize is only relevant to half of the people"
Prof. Oded Goldreich
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Oren Ben Hakon, Dana Ron, Wikipedia
Israel Prize storm:
Adv. Michael Sephard, representing Prof. Oded Goldreich, commented today (Friday) in an interview with the High Court of Justice on the High Court's decision not to award the Israel Prize to Prof. Goldreich: "This is a process that turns the Israel Prize Only for those who do not criticize the state regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict "
He said, "For 30 years the High Court has ruled that the award is not given only to those who are in the consensus, but to those who bring honor in their field.
Yesterday the prize was turned into a loyalty exchange, it is only for half a people.
If he receives the award, he will receive it as the problematic child in the family is hidden - in the basements of the Ministry of Education. "
Prof. Goldreich of the Weizmann Institute was selected by the Prize Committee for his work in the field of mathematical and computer science research for his work on computational complexity, but Education Minister Yoav Galant rejected the committee's recommendation because Goldreich signed a petition calling on the EU to stop cooperating with institutions or programs. To the EU with Ariel University.
Exceptionally, it was the committee that filed the petition in court.
After reviewing the petition and hearing the parties' arguments, the judges accepted the Attorney General's position that the Minister of Education should be allowed to examine information on the boycott petition, which was published two weeks ago.
Prof. Goldreich said he signed the petition in January, before deciding to win the prize.
He further stated through his attorney that he was behind his above-mentioned signature, and clarified that he did not support the BDS movement.
The judges gave Minister Galant and Attorney General Dr. Avichai Mandelblit time to examine whether the Law for the Prevention of Injury in the State of Israel through a boycott, 2011, has implications for our case.
They must submit their response within 30 days.
Because the ceremony will take place in a week - this means that Prof. Goldreich will not receive the award this year.
