Tel Aviv University Professor Isaac Ben-Israel, former head of Israeli Space Agency, is the first Israeli to receive the Distinguished Service Award from the International Astronautical Federation (IAF). It is for his outstanding contribution to astronautics (space sciences) and to the IAF.

https://www.aftau.org/news_item/taus-professor-isaac-ben-israel-to-receive-distinguished-service-award/

https://www.jpost.com/science/space/article-784076