Former Prime Minister and Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Sunday blasted Science and Technology Minister Ofir Akunis (Likud) for preventing the appointment of Prof. Yael Amitai, one of Israel's leading brain researchers, to an Israeli-German scientific committee.
According to a report in Haaretz, Akunis made the decision in light of the fact that Prof. Amitai in 2005 signed a petition in support of soldiers who refuse to serve in Judea and Samaria.
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