Scholars slam bill to change makeup of Israel Antiquities AuthorityCross-file under "Politics."
Culture Minister Limor Livnat did not approve Israel Academy of Sciences president's nominations for authority chairman, has submitted Knesset bill that would let her appoint a non-academy member.
By Nir Hasson Tags: Israel culture Knesset (Haaretz)
Culture Minister Limor Livnat previously asked Prof. Oded Abramsky, a neurologist at Jerusalem's Hadassah University Hospital and member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, to serve as chairman of the board of the Israel Antiquities Authority, Haaretz has learned.Livnat turned to Abramsky after rejecting three historians and archaeologists from among the academy's ranks who were nominated by Prof. Ruth Arnon, the academy's president. After this idea proved impractical - possibly because Abramsky refused, though that remains unclear - Livnat submitted a bill to let her appoint someone who isn't an academy member as the authority's chairman.This is impossible under current law.
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