Nobel Prize

Nobel Prize, Israel Prize laureate, Ada Yonath, dies aged 87

Professor Ada Yonath won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009 and the Israel Prize in Chemistry in 2002. She was born in Jerusalem and worked at Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot.

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Israeli Nobel laureate Ada Yonath pictured in 2016.
Map of Strait of Hormuz published by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC) Navy of the area controlled by the Iranian Armed Forces, May 4, 2026.

Oil and honor: The dire straits of martial propaganda in the US-Iran conflict - opinion

The West’s greatest vulnerability is not its enemies, but its own political and social fractures.

|BySINAI TURAN
A picture of Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi on the wall of the Grand Hotel in central Oslo before the Nobel banquet, in connection with the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize 2023, in Oslo, Norway December 10, 2023.

Iran keeps Nobel laureate from urgent heart care as experts warn her life is in danger

"She is suffering from terrible headaches, nausea, and chest pain. That is what we are very worried about, her heart," her brother Hamidreza Mohammadi said in an interview.

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An empty space showing that Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi was not present during the award ceremony at Oslo City Hall, Norway December 10, 2023.

Nobel laureate Mohammadi in Iran hospital after 'cardiac crisis', foundation says

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi remains in unstable condition after being rushed from prison to a hospital in Iran following a reported cardiac crisis and loss of consciousness.

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Israeli Technion prof. wins prestigious, $1 million Turing Award

Prof. Avi Wigderson, leading theoretical computer scientist and Technion alumnus and honorary doctorate recipient, wins ‘Nobel Prize of Computing’ for contribution to theoretical computer science.

APRIL 11, 2024ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Prof. Avi Wigderson (left) with the President of the Technion, Prof. Uri Sivan.

Women can play a pivotal role as leaders of peace negotiations - opinion

Women Wage Peace and Women of the Sun's commitment to peace and dialogue contributes positively to the shared dream of peace.

APRIL 5, 2024ByROMY LEIBLER/THE MEDIA LINE
Family and friends attend the funeral of peace activist and one of the founders of the "Women Wage Peace" movemenet, Vivian Silver at Kibbutz Gezer, central Israel. November 16, 2023.

How do you say farewell to a scientific giant like Daniel Kahneman? - opinion

Thanks to Kahneman, hospital systems and HMOs now offer generic drugs to physicians as the first choice, knowing how powerful the status quo bias is.

APRIL 4, 2024ByTALYA MIRON-SHATZ
THEN-US PRESIDENT Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Daniel Kahneman at the White House, in 2013.

Nobel Prize laureate: Israel must reoccupy Gaza Strip

At the Table: Prof. Yisrael (Robert) Aumann, who won the Nobel Prize for work on conflict, cooperation through game-theory, said Israel should establish military presence in Gaza.

APRIL 1, 2024ByERICA SCHACHNE, MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
Prof. Yisrael Aumann in his Baka home in Jerusalem.

Israeli-American Nobelist Daniel Kahneman, who reframed economic decision-making, dies at 90

Daniel Kahneman won the Nobel Prize in economics for “having integrated insights from psychological research into economic science.”

MARCH 27, 2024ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
Former US president Barack Obama awards Daniel Kahneman the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013 at the White House

Norway's deplorable choice for Nobel Prize candidate - opinion

Norway is turning a blind eye to war crimes, trampling international humanitarian law, and behaving in a manner that contravenes every international treaty.

MARCH 4, 2024ByDAVID BEN-BASAT
A DEMONSTRATION in support of Gazan Palestinians takes place outside the Norwegian Parliament, in Oslo, in November. UNRWA heads sit quietly by in anticipation of being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize as if they were not party to aiding a terror group, the writer asserts.

UNRWA makes the Nobel Peace Prize nominations shortlist

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 will be announced at 11 am on Friday, October 11, 2024, and is chosen by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

FEBRUARY 7, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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Three Israeli groups nominated for Nobel Peace prize amid Hamas war

EcoPeace Middle East and two sister peace movements – one Palestinian and one Israeli – were nominated for the prize.

JANUARY 7, 2024ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
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Israeli, Palestinian women sister orgs. nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

The two organizations have closely cooperated over the last three years, demanding both Palestinian and Israeli leadership listen to the “Mothers' Call” to stop the conflict.

DECEMBER 23, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli, Palestinian women sister orgs. nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Kissinger's legacy: Can statesmanship end the Israel-Hamas war? - opinion

Faced with a devastated, post-Hamas Gaza, Kissinger would have created a new political energy and international alignment.

DECEMBER 8, 2023ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
HENRY KISSINGER, then serving as US national security advisor, speaks to the press at Orly Airport ahead of talks on the Paris Peace Accords with the Vietnamese, June 1973.