Nurit Peled-Elhanan

Nurit Peled-Elhanan
נורית פלד-אלחנן‎
Peled-Elhanan in 2001
Born (1949-05-17) 17 May 1949 (age 75)
Jerusalem
NationalityIsraeli
Occupation(s)philologist, professor of language and education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
SpouseRami Elhanan
RelativesMiko Peled (brother), Yigal Elhanan (son)
AwardsSakharov Prize (2001)

Nurit Peled-Elhanan (Hebrew: נורית פלד-אלחנן; born 17 May 1949) is an Israeli philologist, professor of language and education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, translator, and activist. She is a 2001 co-laureate of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought awarded by the European Parliament.[1][2][3] She is known for her research on the portrayal of Palestinians in Israeli textbooks, which she has criticized as being anti-Palestinian.[4] Elhanan supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "20 years of the Sakharov Prize: Human rights and reconciliation".
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference hyman was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Projects - Nagel institute". Nagel Institute for the Study of World Christianity at Calvin College. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  4. ^ Sherwood, Harriet (6 August 2011). "Academic claims Israeli school textbooks contain bias". The Observer – via The Guardian.