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Ashkelon mayor ditches meeting with minister in protest
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAshkelon Mayor Itamar Shimoni bails on a meeting with Education Minister Shai Piron and southern municipal leaders today in Beersheba in protest of Piron’s announcement that the school year will begin as scheduled despite the security situation, Ynet reports.
Shimoni says that the school year won’t start in Ashkelon so long as the rocket fire from the Gaza Strip continues. Ashkelon, the closest major Israeli city to the Palestinian territory, has been the target of regular rocket fire since Operation Protective Edge began.
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