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Religious Zionism MK Zvi Sukkot speaks to reporters during an uncoordinated visit to schools in Umm al-Fahm, sparking protest from residents on June 28, 2026. (Screenshot/X)
June 28, 2026, 9:48 pm
Arab city strikes as far-right MK Sukkot stages visit, pitches Israeli flag
Schools shut in Umm al-Fahm as ultranationalist Knesset Education Committee chair tours city under heavy police guard in uncoordinated visit, angering locals
By Charlie Summers
Illustrative: Puppets and educational materials are displayed in a classroom at the UNRWA Boys' School in the Shuafat Refugee Camp in East Jerusalem, April 29, 2025. (AP/Maya Alleruzzo)
January 14, 2026, 6:48 am
East Jerusalem private schools strike over Israeli entry curbs on teachers from West Bank
Classes suspended for 20,000 students to protest work permits that exclude certain days of the week, which head body of Christian Educational Institutions slams as ‘arbitrary’
By AFP and ToI Staff
View of an empty classroom at a school in Givatayim, during a teacher's strike, on May 6, 2025. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 7, 2025, 6:52 pm
Labor Court rules teachers must stop taking sick days to protest salary cuts
Court says teachers can’t legally strike outside union framework, must return to work; union official says talks on salary agreement ongoing, chair working to improve conditions
By ToI Staff
Officials sign a new teachers' agreement, on September 23, 2024. Left to to right: Education Minister Yoav Kisch, Head of Wages and Labor Agreements at the Federation of Local Authorities Hagit Magen, Federation of Local Authorities chair Haim Bibas and Secondary School Teachers' Association chief Ran Erez (Education Ministry)
September 23, 2024, 3:17 pm
Government, teachers’ union announce 5-year salary agreement
New deal includes retroactive grant and raises for teachers, principals and specialized staff; agreement allows for trial run of ‘individual contracts’ for some new hires
By Gavriel Fiske
Illustrative: A school built for children and teens who were evacuated from their homes due to the security situation, in the northern Israeli town of Rosh Pina, on August 26, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
September 9, 2024, 12:45 pm
Reports of disarray as high schools reopen after abrupt halt to teachers’ strike
Union head Erez says teachers returning due to ‘responsibility to the country’ but won’t submit grades; late notice denounced by student, parent and teachers’ groups
By Gavriel Fiske
Secondary School Teachers Association chair Ran Erez attends a Education, Culture, and Sports Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on June 26, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 9, 2024, 2:10 am
Union head: Teachers’ strike ‘suspended’; student, parent bodies denounce late notice
Ran Erez says high school teachers returning due to ‘responsibility to the state’ but won’t submit grades or permit off-campus activities; other unions: Don’t go to school Monday
By Gavriel Fiske
Education minister Yoav Kisch attends an Education, Culture, and Sports Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on June 26, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 31, 2024, 11:02 pm
High school teachers go on strike Sunday after talks founder on eve of school year
Crisis talks don’t yield breakthrough; Education Minister Kisch slams union head Ran Erez and Finance Minister Smotrich, says both ‘want this strike’ and are locked in ‘ego battle’
By Gavriel Fiske and ToI Staff
Education Minister Yoav Kisch, left, and Teachers Union head Ran Erez, right (both photos Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 28, 2024, 5:35 pm
High school teachers union chief declares strike over salary dispute with government
Ran Erez says educators will go on strike September 1, the start of the new school year, as he and the education minister trade blame for deadlocked contract negotiations
By Gavriel Fiske
Illustrative: Students take their mathematics matriculation examination in Tel Aviv, June 29, 2020. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
September 12, 2023, 6:36 pm
Teachers, Treasury reach new wage agreement after high schoolers stay home
High school staff to receive advance for salary boost, will stop sanctions that saw them withhold grades and halt extracurricular activities
By Michael Horovitz
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, right, and Education Minister Yoav Kisch at a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, April 30, 2023. (Alex Kolomoisky/POOL)
August 31, 2023, 9:10 am
No breakthrough as high school teachers still threaten strike, day before school year
Education Minister Kisch says he’s sitting down with Secondary School Teachers Association head Ran Erez for ‘decisive’ meeting to address gaps in collective salary negotiations
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: View of an empty school at in Tel Aviv following a strike of the Teachers Union, on June 19, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 26, 2023, 10:19 pm
High school teachers threaten strike from September 1 amid stalled salary talks
Head of Secondary School Teachers’ Association: ‘We are preparing for a long strike’; Arab communities may also keep schools shut amid deadly crime wave
By ToI Staff
Palestinian schoolchildren play in the street instead of going to school, which is closed due a teachers' strike in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, March 28, 2023. (Mahmoud Illean/AP)
March 29, 2023, 12:42 pm
Palestinian teachers’ strike over wages grows, reflecting deep crisis in governance
Educators also want their own freely elected union, but ruling Palestinian Authority fears powerful body could come under influence of rivals such as Hamas terror group
By Agencies
Illustrative (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
February 23, 2023, 9:12 am
Local authorities strike kicks off, shuttering schools around country
Small number of municipalities, led by Jerusalem, not participating in action called over dispute over funding of education system
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: View of an empty school at in Tel Aviv, following a strike of the Teachers Union, on June 19, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
February 22, 2023, 9:03 pm
‘Significant disruptions’ expected Thursday amid national school strike
Primary and secondary school teachers and education professionals to join local authorities’ general strike amid ongoing wage, budget negotiations with Finance Ministry
By Harry Roper and ToI Staff
From left to right: Teachers' Union Secretary-General Yaffa Ben David, Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Bitton and Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman hold a press conference following the new salary agreement with teachers on August 31, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
October 21, 2022, 1:05 pm
Teachers union, government sign long-awaited deal raising wages, adjusting vacation
New teachers to receive NIS 9,000 a month under agreement, principals to start at NIS 19,000; vacation schedule to be changed
By ToI Staff
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