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Members of the LGBT community hold a banner reading in Hebrew "A Homophobic Racist Has to Quit" during a rally against Education Minister Rafi Peretz in Tel Aviv on July 14, 2019. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)
July 15, 2019, 10:59 am
LGBTQ teachers threaten strike unless ‘dangerous’ education minister sacked
Petition garners 3,000 signatures demanding Rafi Peretz be fired over widely condemned comments on gay conversion therapy
By TOI staff
Illustrative: A student takes a test in a school in Jerusalem (Flash90)
January 28, 2018, 7:10 pm
Jerusalem schools to strike for 2 hours after parent hits teacher
Mother attacked school employee she believed was mistreating her son; teachers’ union threatens further strikes over violence against educators
By TOI staff
Illustrative image of an empty classroom in Jerusalem, August 31, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 25, 2017, 12:47 pm
Teachers Union calls strike over sick day dispute
Shortly after the end of strike over salaries, teaching staff complaim they are docked 1.4 days for every 1 day taken off from work due to ill health
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative image of an empty classroom. (recep-bg/iStock by Getty images)
December 1, 2017, 4:56 pm
High school teachers cancel planned strike against student violence
Union calls off work stoppage after Education Ministry promises Knesset will advance bill to protect teachers
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of an empty school classroom. (Mendy Hechtman/Flash90)
November 30, 2017, 6:13 pm
Teachers call high school strike over attacks by students
Education Ministry urged to push legislation to make teachers civil servants, increasing severity of crimes against them
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative: A school classroom. (Image via Shutterstock)
November 20, 2017, 10:05 pm
High schools teachers to hold second day-long strike Tuesday
Union protests refusal to implement pay raises immediately; Finance Ministry says union head setting unacceptable preconditions for talks
By TOI staff
Illustrative: Israeli high school students in a classroom. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 16, 2017, 2:27 pm
Teachers union threatens to shutter Israel’s high schools in wage dispute
Finance Ministry, union leaders at odds over scale of wage increase amid accusations of government ‘foot-dragging’ in negotiations
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of an empty school classroom. (Mendy Hechtman/Flash90)
November 12, 2017, 6:22 am
Teachers shut high schools across Israel in one-day strike
Union wants monthly raise of NIS 600-800 for teachers, says Finance Ministry is offering a tenth of that
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of an empty school classroom. (Mendy Hechtman/Flash90)
November 10, 2017, 12:38 pm
High schools across Israel to strike Sunday
Demanding better pay, teachers’ union says state must ‘stop burying its head in the sand’; Finance Ministry claims labor action driven by internal union politics
By TOI staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (right) meets with Jason Greenblatt, the US president's assistant and special representative for international negotiations, at Abbas's office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, March 14, 2017. (AFP/Abbas Momani)
March 14, 2017, 1:54 pm
J Street calls on Trump administration to openly back two states
Abbas: Historic peace deal possible under Trump; poll: Most Palestinians skeptical of Trump peace efforts
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of an empty school classroom. (Mendy Hechtman/Flash90)
January 30, 2017, 12:57 am
Jerusalem schools to start late Monday, afterschool programs to strike
In bitter dispute between city and Treasury, Barkat urges Kahlon to intervene and to transfer overdue budget, denies mismanagement
By TOI staff
Israeli teachers protest in front of the Ministry of Education in Tel Aviv on October 19, 2016, as they demand better pay and working conditions. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
January 3, 2017, 7:48 am
Court halts teachers’ strike, orders schools to open at 9 a.m.
Kindergarten, elementary and middle school educators intended to begin day at 11a.m. over claims thousands of staff weren’t paid in full
By TOI staff
Israeli teachers protest in front of the Ministry of Education in Tel Aviv on October 19, 2016, as they demand better pay and working conditions. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
January 2, 2017, 6:58 pm
Schools to open late Tuesday as teachers call warning strike
Union claims thousands of teachers didn’t receive full salaries; kindergartens, primary and middle schools to start at 11
By TOI staff
Israeli teachers protest in front of the Education Ministry in Tel Aviv on October 19, 2016, as they demand better pay and working conditions. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
October 19, 2016, 4:28 pm
Teachers protest in Tel Aviv over unpaid salaries
Demonstrators rage against Bennett in rally outside of ministry, call on him to ‘fix historic injustice’
By TOI staff
A Palestinian protester taunts Israeli security forces during clashes in the village of Kfar Qaddum, near Nablus, in the West Bank, on March 11, 2016. (AFP/Jaafar Ashtiyeh)
March 13, 2016, 10:53 pm
As teachers return to class, Abbas and Israel win a (brief) reprieve
A simple demand for higher wages hides a power play that is weakening the Palestinian leadership and threatens to spiral into increased violence against Israelis
By Avi Issacharoff
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