The novel initially received the 2009 Sapir Prize, but after claims were made regarding a conflict of interests among the judges (Yossi Sarid, the head judge of the committee, was related to the novel's editor) the prize was withdrawn and the award cancelled.
During the 1990s, the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee appointed a subcommittee, chaired by Yossi Sarid, to examine the existence and role of the Military Censor.
Yossi Dahan | Yossi Beilin | Yossi Melman | Yossi Fine | Yossi Sarid | Yossi Abulafia | Yossi Ghinsberg | Yossi Benayoun | Yossi Banai |