Lapid meets education, finance ministers in bid to avert school strike

Prime Minister Yair Lapid meets with Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton and Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman on August 17, 2022. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
Prime Minister Yair Lapid meets with Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton and Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman in a bid to avert a strike when schools open next month.
There was no word on any progress in the talks between the Treasury and the Teachers’ Union.
Lapid will also meet with education officials to prepare for the coming school year, his office says in a statement.