{"id":372318,"date":"2025-11-11T20:31:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T20:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/372318\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T20:31:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T20:31:12","slug":"gal-gadot-wins-genesis-prize-for-steadfast-defense-of-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/372318\/","title":{"rendered":"Gal Gadot Wins Genesis Prize for Steadfast Defense of Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tHollywood actress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/gal-gadot\/\" id=\"auto-tag_gal-gadot_1\" data-tag=\"gal-gadot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gal Gadot<\/a> has been awarded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/israel\/\" id=\"auto-tag_israel_1\" data-tag=\"israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel<\/a>\u2019s prestigious 2026 Genesis Prize to recognize her \u201csteadfast defense of Israel at great personal and professional risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe $1 million award is granted each year to someone for their professional achievements, contributions to humanity and commitment to Jewish values.\u00a0Gadot said she will donate the $1 million prize to Israeli non-governmental organizations \u201cworking to mend the nation\u2019s deep physical and psychological wounds,\u201d according to the Genesis Prize Foundation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tPrevious winners of Israel\u2019s Genesis Prize include former Supreme Court Justice\u00a0Ruth Bader Ginsburg; star singer Barbra Streisand, director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/steven-spielberg\/\" id=\"auto-tag_steven-spielberg_1\" data-tag=\"steven-spielberg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steven Spielberg<\/a> and last year, Argentina\u2019s\u00a0president Javier Milei. Many previous winners also donated their prize funds to philanthropic causes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cI am humbled to receive the Genesis Prize and to stand alongside the amazing laureates who came before me. I am a proud Jew and a proud Israeli. I love my country and dedicate this award to the organizations who will help Israel heal and to those incredible people who serve on the front lines of compassion. Israel has endured unimaginable pain. Now we must begin to heal \u2014 to rebuild hearts, families, and communities,\u201d Gadot said in a statement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAfter the Oct. 7, 2023 terrorist attacks on southern Israel, the Wonder Woman star called on the international community to do everything possible to secure the release of the women hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. The Israeli-born Gadot also helped <a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/general-news\/hollywood-screening-bearing-witness-hamas-israel-attack-1235642773\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/general-news\/hollywood-screening-bearing-witness-hamas-israel-attack-1235642773\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">organize a screening <\/a>in Los Angeles of footage of atrocities committed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hamas<\/a>\u00a0terrorists on Oct. 7. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cGal Gadot\u2019s moral clarity and unwavering love for Israel have inspired millions,\u201d said Stan Polovets, co-founder and chairman of The Genesis Prize Foundation in his own statement. \u201cThe award recognizes her bravery and moral courage \u2014 her steadfast defense of Israel at great personal and professional risk, her advocacy for the hostages, her compassion for victims of terror, and her empathy for all innocent victims of this terrible war unleashed by Hamas. Her decision to turn the Genesis Prize honor into a mission of healing embodies the very purpose of the Prize \u2014 to celebrate achievement and channel it for good.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hollywood actress Gal Gadot has been awarded Israel\u2019s prestigious 2026 Genesis Prize to recognize her \u201csteadfast defense of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":353108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[185,171,18928,4527,99,2407,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-372318","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-gal-gadot","11":"tag-hamas","12":"tag-israel","13":"tag-steven-spielberg","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}