Natalie Portman out of Israel ceremony

Updated April 20 2018 - 6:23pm, first published 6:16pm
Natalie Portman will not collect her Genesis prize in Israel because of recent events there.
Natalie Portman will not collect her Genesis prize in Israel because of recent events there.

US actor Natalie Portman, this year's recipient of a prize dubbed the "Jewish Nobel," has pulled out of the June awards ceremony in Israel because of extreme distress over recent events in the country, the Genesis Prize Foundation says.

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