‘Israel’s Nobel Prize’ goes to 11 winners - Watch live
The award has been awarded annually since 2002 to Israeli citizens in recognition of “academic or professional excellence."
2019 EMET Prize Laureates, back row from left to right: Professor Benjamin Z. Kedar, Professor Avner De Shalit, Dr. David Weinfeld, Professor Mordechai Segev, and Professor Tsvi Piran. Front row, left to right: Professor Michal Schwartz, Professor Azar Gat, and Dr. Hannah Amit-Kochavi. Other winners(photo credit: DAVID SALEM-ZOOG PRODUCTIONS)