'I'm not a man who gets excited, but this is exciting'

Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky recalled on Sunday the telephone call he received from Education Minister Naftali Bennett, in which Bennett informed him he had won the Israel Prize for Lifetime Achievement.

"It's very exciting. I'm not a man who gets excited about ceremonies and prizes, but there's something very special about receiving a prize on Israel’s 70th anniversary," Sharansky told Israel Hayom.