Israel Prize

The miracle that shaped Israel Prize winner Avi Rivkind’s life and career - opinion

How one trauma surgeon’s split-second decision changed the course of a young soldier’s life.

AVIYA, SHIMON, holding his sister’s grandson, and Aviya’s daughter Tahel.
US President Donald Trump waves to the media after walking off of Air Force One at Miami International Airport on April 11, 2026 in Miami, Florida.

Trump, in absentia, becomes first non-Israeli to receive Israel’s top civilian honor

From right to left, Irit Oren Gunders and Zuri Dabush.

Klil chairman hails Israel Prize selection of Or L’Mishpachot founder

US President Donald Trump gestures while boarding Air Force One as he departs from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, US, March 20, 2026.

Trump weighs possible wartime Israel visit to receive Israel Prize on Independence Day


Cancelling Israel Prize categories was a tone-deaf decision - editorial

This year is unlike any before; the prizes should reflect that, reasoned Kisch last week. On the surface, this is a legitimate enough reasoning, but it is weak and senseless.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Israel Prize ceremony in Jerusalem, on Israel's Independence Day, on April 26, 2023.

Grapevine, March 6, 2024: Arrivederci Roma

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG smiles as he peruses Moshe Mizrahi’s memoir.

Eyal Waldman: Netanyahu confidant Shlomi Fogel prevented me from receiving the Israel Prize

Waldman claimed that Fogel exerted heavy pressure on the members of the committee to recommend another candidate "from the right sector."

 Eyal Waldman

Israel Prize restructured to avoid honoring Netanyahu critic - report

Eyal Waldman, an Israeli tech giant, called on the Prime Minister to resign after his daughter was murdered at the Nova music festival in Re'im on October 7.

 Education Minister Yoav Kisch seen at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on March 15, 2023

How political corruption turned the mighty into cowards - opinion

Killing the Israel Prize is not like killing Alexei Navalny, but the motivation is all the same.

 FOLLOWING THE death in jail of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, demonstrators hold placards outside the Russian Embassy in Tel Aviv, last week.

Shlomo Avineri, esteemed political scientist and Israel Prize laureate, dies at 90

Avineri was a prolific writer, authoring 10 books and contributing significantly to the understanding of Zionism, socialism, and political philosophy.

 Professor of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and former Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Shlomo Avineri speaks at a panel on Israeli-German relations, organized by the Hebrew University. January 12, 2016.

Grapevine September 28, 2023: Prize-worthy

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 YOAV FLATTO-SHARON with his late father, Shmuel.

Israel Prize recipient stresses need to resolve judicial reform crisis

The recipients of the Israel Prize included scientists, academics and social activists from throughout Israeli society.

 2023 Israel Prize ceremony

Shlomo Artzi refuses Israel Prize due to 'divisions within Israeli society'

"My body and soul are trembling because I am full of worry of the division, the rift, the fracture we have fallen into," the Israeli music icon said.

 Israeli singer Shlomo Artzi seen backstage before perfoming at Park haYarkon, in Tel Aviv, on July 02, 2015

Famed actor-turned-rabbi Uri Zohar dies at 86

Zohar was one of the most distinguished directors and entertainers in Israeli history, who became religiously

URI ZOHAR is the subject of ‘Zohar: The Return.’