The Kiryat Shmona municipality holds a strike to protest the ceasefire with Lebanon, with the education system in the northern border town shut down.
A convoy of vehicles has left the border town and is en route to protest in Jerusalem.
Education Minister Yoav Kisch comes out against the action, saying that schools should not be involved.
“I am not making any claims about the mayor’s political protest. It is a big mistake to involve the education system in any strike. Harming children and taking the education system hostage for any purpose is a big mistake,” he tells Army Radio.
The Democrats chair Yair Golan says that he understands why the residents of the city are angry.
“They are absolutely right, what is happening is simply a disgrace. This city is empty, 40 percent of its residents have left and will probably not return. This city is not receiving the proper government support to recover,” he says.
The municipality has said that special education and emergency services will be in operation today.
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