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Apr. 15, 2021 8:56 PM
The Israel Prize ceremony for this year was broadcast on Thursday, amid controversy over Education Minister Yoav Gallant s successful request to withhold the Israel Prize for mathematics from its planned recipient over alleged support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.
The ceremony was filmed on Sunday in Jerusalem, a few days after the High Court of Justice ruled that Gallant had 30 days to justify his decision to deny Prof. Oded Goldreich the prize because he allegedly supports the BDS movement – which Goldreich denies.
The winner of the Israel Prize for cinema, Michal Bat-Adam, said upon receiving the prize that she was dismayed that there were only eight winners, because one winner is missing.