http://goo.gl/CROR "Quite why Dr Gavriel Avital was even selected to be chief scientist at Israel <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/israel>'s ministry of education<http://www.education.gov.il/moe/english/ind.htm>is probably the most intriguing question that hangs over his tenure. But this week we learned that his time in office is no more for he has finally been sacked for the controversial remarks he made this year about evolution<http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/evolution>and climate change.
The Israeli daily Haaretz is reporting<http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/sa-ar-dismisses-chief-scientist-for-questioning-evolution-1.317201>that Gideon Sa'ar, the education minister who installed Avital as his chief scientist<http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/education-min-taps-likud-activist-as-new-chief-scientist-1.3083>on a "trial period" last December, dismissed the former head of aeromechanics at defence firm Elbit Systems<http://www.elbitsystems.com/elbitmain/>and member of the right-leaning Professors for a Strong Israel <http://www.professors.org.il/>, over his statements "denying the tenets of evolution and global warming". (Avital also unsuccessful ran for Sa'ar's Likud party in the 2006 Knesset elections.) The paper reports a ministry official as saying: "Someone who holds the opinions of Avital cannot serve as chief scientist of the education ministry." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:328610 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
