After being elected for only 3 months to serve in the Ministry of Science, the minister fired Dr. Atalia Rosenbaum and the people of her office. He didn't even allow her to stay for the overlap * Rosenbaum is the one who initiated the Rehovot Conference * Vilnai is the one who transferred funds from science to artists and athletes
Avi Blizovsky
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Minister Matan Vilnai, who was appointed this week to fill the place of the Minister of Science and Technology, fired the director general of the ministry, Atalia Rosenbaum and the staff of her office upon taking office. Kol Israel reported that Vilnai even refused to allow Rosenbaum an overlap period with a replacement.
The minister's office told Walla! news that the position of CEO is a position of trust and he prefers that the position be filled by someone who will advance his plans. Minister Vilnai was appointed to the position for only three months, because he was elected without the approval of the Knesset plenum.
The editor of the Hidan site adds: On Thursday, Minister Vilnai ordered Rosenbaum not to come to the conference of the National Research and Development Council (NRCD) that was held in Neve Ilan, and with various excuses he also avoided coming to the conference. Several of the participants in the conference told me that the minister was going to fire Rosenbaum, but no one thought that it was a matter of hours.
"Rosenbaum promoted the ministry and science in Israel more than many science ministers and ministers in general" said one of the conference participants. As the readers of the Science website will remember, Rosenbaum initiated the renewal of the Rehovot Conference for the Advancement of Science which was held in June and within the framework of which a study was published that showed that the scientists in Israel are aging and that there is great concern about Israel's position in the scientific world to the point of its relegation to the status of a third world country.
Vilnai, on the other hand, was criticized that when he was Minister of Science, Culture and Sports he preferred to budget sports activities and give money to creators that the bodies they worked for avoided paying them at the expense of science. For example, 50 million shekels destined for the Israeli Space Agency were swallowed up in this black hole.
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