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Mar. 3, 2021
The Israel Prize for Lifetime Achievement will be awarded this year to Former Foreign Ministry Director General Joseph Ciechanover and to Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, founder of the Zaka emergency rescue organization, Education Minister Yoav Gallant announced Tuesday. The prize will be awarded on Independence Day.
Ciechanover, 87, has held a number of senior diplomatic and security positions. In the 1960s he was the Agriculture Ministry’s legal adviser, and in this context was involved in passing the Nature Protection Law and establishing the Israel Land Administration. He was a legal adviser to the defense establishment, and as such was involved in legislation connected to the ombudsman of the Israel Defense Forces, the rights of disabled veterans and arms imports and exports. During the 1970s he was head of the Defense Ministry delegation in the United States and Canada.