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Saturday, June 14, 2025
Education minister: Schools to stay closed all week, distance learning to be put in place
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Education Minister Yoav Kisch gives a video statement on June 14, 2025. (Education minister spokesperson video/screenshot)
Due to the security situation, schools will stay closed all week and Israeli students will transition to distance learning, Education Minister Yoav Kisch declares in a video announcement.
“There will be no physical educational activity, neither within the framework of special education, nor within the frameworks of formal and informal education,” Kisch states, adding that graduation exams will be postponed by a week.
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