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Mandelblit ruled: The disqualification of Prof. Goldreich's candidacy for the Israel Prize was wrong
The spokesman submitted his position in a petition to the High Court that dealt with former Education Minister Galant's decision not to award the prize to Goldreich, due to his alleged support for a boycott of Israeli institutions.
Mandelblit wrote that a call for a boycott of the state or its institutions could serve as a legitimate consideration for the decision, but in this case the decision was unreasonable
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Avichai Mandelblit
Israel Prize
Yoav Galant
Yael Friedson
Thursday, 22 July 2021, 17:52
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Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit ruled today (Thursday) that the rejection of Prof. Oded Goldreich's candidacy for the Israel Prize was wrong. Mandelblitt filed the petition dealt with the position Former education minister's decision, Yoav Galant, who rejected the recommendation of the Award Committee, and chose not to Goldrajch the prize in the study of mathematics, due to alleged support for a boycott of Israeli institutions.
Position constituting a precedent, the Attorney General stated that A call for a boycott of the State of Israel or its institutions can be used as a relevant and legitimate consideration in making a decision regarding the awarding of the Israel Prize, but because in Goldreich's case, his actions "are not sufficient to meet the high standard required to disqualify him."
Mandelblit justified his decision by saying that these were individual actions, with the exception of one, which happened many years ago. This, along with other considerations outlined in the position, from which it follows that this is not an up-to-date, repetitive activity that can fall under the definition of extreme and exceptional cases.
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The High Court accepted the request for disqualification: The Israel Prize will not be awarded to a professor who supported the boycott of Ariel University
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Prof. Goldreich receives "Israel Alternative Award" at a ceremony at the Weizmann Institute, April (Photo: Official website, Adv. Michael Spain)
Three months ago, the Supreme Court accepted the request of the Galant check whether he could refuse the Israel Prize in Mathematics and Computer Science Prof. Goldrajch. However, a week before the award, which actually canceled the actual participation of Goldrajch ceremony.
Nearly two weeks ago signed Goldrajch a petition of Academics from Israel and around the world calling on the European Union not to allow its research programs to collaborate with Ariel University. "Given all this, we believe that the Minister of Education should be allowed to review matters again and make a decision within a month from today," the High Court ruled.
The court further ruled that if Galant nevertheless decides to award the prize to Goldreich, he could do so on another occasion.
"We have noted before us that as long as it is decided to award Prof. Goldreich the prize, it will be possible to do so at the Israel Awards ceremony to be held next year or at an earlier date at Prof. Goldreich's choice," they wrote.
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