France to knight Michal Rovner and Etgar Keret

" Michal Rovner is a photographer and video artist who has had great success abroad. A graduate of the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, she is also co-founder of the Camera Obscura School of Art. Rovner has received international acclaim and gained wide exposure at the 2003 Venice Biennale. In 2005 the French national gallery, Jeu de Paumes, in Paris hosted a solo exhibition of her works; in 2009, her works were displayed in Paris as part of the "White Night" event."

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12.7 Haaretz (Internet edition)