The law of Kish Yiganz: the chairman of the National Library Directorate and the Minister of Education reached an agreement - voila! News

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Minister of Education Yoav Kish and Chairman of the Board of the National Library Sally Meridor came to an agreement regarding the bill that was supposed to subordinate the board of the library to the government and the Minister of Education - this was announced this evening (Monday) on News 12. According to the agreements, the law that Kish requested to promote will be rejected, but the minister will receive Additional representation on the board and audit committee of the library, so that he can supervise the activity and the budget, as well as influence future appointments.

After that, Kish tweeted: "A new era in the National Library.

In the last few days I have come to an agreement with the library.

Further to these agreements, I will appoint four members to the National Library Council.

In addition, I will appoint a member of the board of directors and a member of the library's audit committee, who, like all members of the committee, will have full access to all of the library's activities.

I welcome the understandings and look forward to joint and fruitful work."

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About two weeks ago, more than 1,500 academics, Israel Prize laureates, scientists from the fields of exact sciences, medicine, humanities and social sciences and Israel Prize laureates, including Sami Samuha, Alex Lubotsky, Olga Kapliuk and Nitsa Ben Dov, sent a petition to Kish, in which they ask not to change the National Library Law.

"The bill kicks the noble legacy of the library," the academics wrote.

In addition, in the letter, the academics warned that "the subjugation of the library council and the board of directors, which is obligated to guard the library's activities despite the minister, will seriously harm the library's independence and sabotage its collections. An irreparable harm, since writers and composers would prefer to entrust their archives to independent bodies in Israel or abroad And they will choose stable and unbiased institutions.

There is a serious concern that donors will also refrain from contributing to the foundation of the library."

"The National Library was founded as a jubilee years before the establishment of the State of Israel and it stands above this or that government, above political debates, and above attempts at control and guidance from above," reads the petition that was also sent to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

"Prime Minister", the writers addressed Netanyahu.

"Who like you remembers the complex moves you were involved in for the enactment of the all-so-balanced law of the national library and its implementation. Please stop the move that will destroy the library and leave it outside of political interests and considerations."

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A week earlier, dozens of writers and poets published a manifesto against the government's intention to change the National Library Law, after the approval of the law as part of the Arrangements Law.

"We strongly oppose any political interference in the selection of the management of the National Library - and demand the continuation of its independent and professional functioning," said the writers, including David Grossman, Haim Baer and Eli Amir.

"If the initiative to subordinate the National Library to political parties comes to fruition, we will not entrust our archives to it, we will refuse to authorize the libraries to transfer copies of our books to it as required by law and we will not give a hand to any of its activities," they added.

"Also, we oppose any political takeover of the Public Broadcasting Corporation in general and the intention to close the cultural stations on the Corporation's radio in particular, and any legislation that would castrate the justice system and harm the democratic foundations of the State of Israel," they added, referring to another issue.

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