The Israeli scientific establishment groans from boycott, war, and the right. A lengthy Haaretz investigation revealed the extent of the damage to Israeli higher education and scientific research since last year.
The sector is now facing almost complete hostility from the current government, which is trying to limit its budget. Members of the Council of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and former heads of this body expressed in a strongly worded letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “Deeply concerned about the behavior of theCurrent government.”