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.

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

 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

 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


Nobel Committee calls on Iran to free imprisoned Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi

Mohammadi, 53, who has been imprisoned repeatedly in her three-decade campaign for women's rights, was last week sentenced to a new prison term of 7-1/2 years, a group supporting her said on Sunday.

NARGES MOHAMMADI sits in her apartment in Tehran, Iran, on December 18, 2024.

Mistrust of Trump is reshaping the global order - opinion

Global trust in America is eroding while erratic leadership, private power, and strategic uncertainty are reshaping the world order.

US President Donald Trump seen in the Oval Office in the White House in Washington, DC, US, January 14, 2026

This week in Jewish history: Nobel prize winners, biochemists, and the Baba Sali

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.

Baba Baruch, heir of Baba Sali, speaks to prime minister Yitzhak Shamir during traditional ceremonies in Netivot, 1988.

Maria Corina Machado gives Trump her Nobel Peace Prize medal

The Norwegian Nobel Institute has said the prize cannot be transferred, shared or revoked.

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado is pictured arriving for a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, shown attending a separate event later in the day, in this combination of images taken at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 15, 2026.

UN rights experts, influential women condemn Iran’s 'sham' trial of activist Zahra Tabari

Tabari was convicted by a Revolutionary Court in Rasht in October on the grounds of armed rebellion, in an online trial that lasted less than ten minutes.

 FILE PHOTO: Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration following the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran, in Istanbul, Turkey, October 2, 2022.

María Corina Machado reveals she fled Venezuela with help from US government - report

Machado, who is now in Oslo, Norway, to join the festivities around the Nobel Prize ceremony, told journalists that she "had support from the United States government."

 Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gestures as she addresses supporters at a protest ahead of the Friday inauguration of President Nicolas Maduro for his third term, in Caracas, Venezuela January 9, 2025.

Venezuela's Nobel laureate Machado says she aims for peaceful transition after Maduro

"Maduro will leave power, whether it is negotiated or not negotiated," Machado told a press conference in the Norwegian capital. "I am focused on an orderly and peaceful transition."

Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store meets Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado during her visit to the Storting, in Oslo, Norway December 11, 2025.

Bedouin high school in the Negev opens new campus

CEO, Ariel Weisel: “The campus was born out of the belief that real change in Bedouin society must come from within, from young people with vision and the ability to create a better reality.”

Opening ceremony attended by President Isaac Herzog.

Trump’s vision turns the Middle East toward peace - opinion

How President Trump’s renewed diplomacy reshaped the Middle East and redefined peace for a new era.

Rodney Glassman

Israel’s government signals it no longer values academic merit - opinion

Relative to its size, Israel ranks among the leading countries in Nobel achievements, and its position improved this year, when Joel Mokyr, an Israeli-American, was one of three economics laureates.

ISRAELI-AMERICAN Joel Mokyr, a professor at Northwestern University who is one of three Nobel economics laureates this year, speaks at a news conference on campus in Evanston, Illinois.