Ashkelon mayor says no school while under fire

Ashkelon Mayor Itamar Shimoni says that he will not allow schools in Ashkelon to open if rockets continue falling, despite Education Minister Shai Piron’s announcement today that the school year will begin nationwide on schedule on September 1.

Ashkelon Mayor Itamar Shimoni (left) with Interior Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch, May, 2014. (Photo credit: Edi Israel/Flash 90)
Ashkelon Mayor Itamar Shimoni (left) with Interior Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch, May, 2014. (Photo credit: Edi Israel/Flash 90)

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