After we uncovered evidence that radical Weizmann Institute professor Oded Goldreich signed a petition in March calling to boycott Israeli academic institutions in Judea & Samaria, the High Court ruled that the Education Minister can block Goldreich from receiving the prestigious Israel Prize. The story made such big headlines that the anti-Zionist newspaper Haaretz dedicated an editorial toward attacking…
Our efforts to prevent a pro-BDS Israeli professor from receiving the prestigious Israel Prize even made it to the New York Times. This again proves what we always say: Israeli professors who sign anti-Israel petitions and write anti-Israel articles in the international media heavily influence, bolster, and often spearhead the international BDS and anti-Israel delegitimization movements….
We sent a letter last week to the Israel Prize selection committee after it was reported that the leading candidate for the Israel Prize in mathematics and computer science is anti-Israel professor Oded Goldreich from the Weizmann Institute. Goldreich has a long history of radical activity, including supporting divesting from “companies that enable the occupation…