Maya Sela, Haaretz Correspondent: Israeli wins French prize for book questioning origins of Jewish people
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Title: Hope with this credit Sand will win the battle of TAU donors Name: zmogus City: Paris/Vilnius State:
In the BNF meeting few weeks ago he said his fate in TA University was pending on the decision of the Uni authorities, whom major donors ordered to kick the professor out lest they want to cut their support. This is precisely the precedent of politics in the genesis of knowledge Sh.Sand was writing about. Let`s see the outcome. On the other hand, it goes without saying that it would have been totally inconceivable to publish such book in the USA. In Israel Sand waited for full professorship in TAU before giving the book to print.