High school teachers union head says education minister's plan to scrap testing for history, literature, civics and biblical studies will harm students and make them 'ignorant'

Awards go to founder of homeless shelter, pioneers of groundbreaking non-invasive cancer treatments, a singer, a theater actor and a linguist

Changes will bring new style of study and testing for history, literature, civics, and biblical studies; minister says change needed to match modern world

Computer science professor Oded Goldreich, opposed by right-wing lawmakers for his stance against West Bank university, says he will donate to Breaking the Silence, other groups

Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton skips ceremony due to professor's alleged support of anti-Israel boycotts; Goldreich says 'oppression' of Palestinians 'darkens my life'

Mathematician Prof. Oded Goldreich to receive honor after Yifat Shasha-Biton loses battle to keep medal from him over alleged support of academic boycott

Judges accept appeal against Education Minister Shasha-Biton's decision to withhold 2021 award from Oded Goldreich over his supposed backing of academic boycott

Doris Yahbas, Laura Yitzhak, Rabbi Moshe Kravitzky and Menahem Yehezkel killed by terror convict Mohammad Ghaleb Abu al-Qi’an

Interior minister says government might need to limit entry; Education Ministry prepares to absorb schoolchildren; Diaspora minister urges cancelation of 'inhumane' arrival deposit

Technion professor recognized for helping to develop non-invasive treatment that fights various types of cancers using electric pulses