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Education Minister Yoav Kish is examining the possibility of holding the Israel Awards ceremony on Independence Day this year in Sderot, and moving it from its traditional location, the Nation Buildings in Jerusalem - this is what Walla learned.
According to sources familiar with the details, in recent days Kish sent a team on his behalf for a field trip to the Sderot community center to examine whether it would be suitable for holding the ceremony, which will be held this year in the shadow of the Iron Swords War
. The latter is regularly held in the nation's buildings in Jerusalem. The ceremony is attended by all the heads of state - the president, the prime minister, the speaker of the Knesset, the president of the Supreme Court, the mayor of Jerusalem and the minister of education - who oversees the ceremony on behalf of the government.
According to the sources, Kish's plans to hold the ceremony, in which the entire top of the country participates, in Sderot, are causing reservations in the Shin Bet and may create logistical and security difficulties
.
In this framework, a number of reasons for its existence are examined, with the aim of bringing to light its unique character in the most appropriate way.
Any outline when he chooses will be coordinated and approved with all the relevant parties."
The Shin Bet disapprove of his plan. Kish/Photo processing, Yonatan Zindel/Flash 90
The 2024 Israel Awards ceremony has already been at the heart of the storm in recent weeks, following Kish's decision to change the format of the ceremony and cancel the usual awarding of the award, and award it only in a new category - civil heroism and mutual guarantee.
Apparently, according to the Minister of Education, the cancellation was due to the need to adapt the event to the needs of the war, despite the fact that the torch lighting ceremony and the national Bible quiz - the other two state events on Independence Day - are taking place as scheduled.
However, the journalist Ben Caspit revealed that Kish decided to cancel The ceremony was held after the award committee chose the high-tech man Eyal Waldman as the winner of the Israel Prize for Innovation, following pressure from Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's circle. Waldman, who killed his daughter Daniel in the October 7 massacre, is known as an opponent of the government.
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