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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 477

UNESCO Science Report 2010

Left to right: Professor Hagit Yaron-Meser, Chairperson of the Open University; Prize winners Osnat Zomer-Penn, Dr. Efrat Shamah-Yaakovi , and Gili Bisker; and Ruth Arnon, director of the Israeli Academy of Sciences (Photo credit: Lamm and Velich Photo Studio)
July 24, 2012, 4:24 am
Israeli scientists in the running for worldwide award, even if UNESCO still can’t find Israel
Despite the fact that Israel does not fit into any of UNESCO’s world groupings, three women still have a chance to win up to $100,000
By David Shamah
Saudi King Abdullah accepts a UNESCO medal from Irina Bokova in 2012. (photo credit: Ahmed Al Omran, via Twitter)
April 29, 2012, 7:05 pm
Cash-strapped UNESCO gives Saudi king its highest honorary medal
UN group, which lost US funding after admitting ‘Palestine’ as a member last year, hails Abdullah for enhancing ‘the culture of dialogue and peace’
By ToI Staff and David Shamah
Dr. Naama Geva-Zatorsky (Photo credit: Julien Chatelin, CAPA Pictures)
March 29, 2012, 8:47 pm
UNESCO awards Israeli biologist prestigious prize, but neglects promised update of 2010 Science Report
Weizmann Institute’s Naama Geva-Zatorsky named Europe’s top female researcher of the year
By David Shamah
February 28, 2012, 6:18 pm
Eureka! UNESCO’s science study set to discover Israel
For over a year, UNESCO refused to correct a global science report that omitted Nobel Prize-winning Israel. Only a concerted diplomatic effort — and perhaps a ‘Palestine’-prompted funding crisis — secured a promise to make amends
By David Shamah
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