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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 478

Yoav Kisch

Religious Zionism party head MK Bezalel Smotrich (right) with Otzma Yehudit party head MK Itamar Ben Gvir in the Knesset, on December 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 21, 2025, 1:56 pm
Israeli right praises Trump’s reversal of sanctions on violent settlers
Politicians and settler leaders claim Biden-era measures were unjust and undermined Israel’s sovereignty, portray previous administration as targeting right-wing activists
By ToI Staff
Emergency services personnel inspect a destroyed school building in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv, on December 19, 2024, after the campus was struck in a missile attack from Yemen. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP)
December 19, 2024, 12:52 pm
‘Lucky there were no children’: School near Tel Aviv ravaged by Houthi missile warhead
Ramat Gan mayor estimates damage at $11 million, says collapsed building will be rebuilt; visiting site, education minister says students will be back in same school soon
By ToI Staff
Students return to Tel Hai Elementary School after it was closed during the war with Hezbollah, December 1, 2024. (Ynet screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 1, 2024, 5:40 pm
Children return to schools in north as Hezbollah ceasefire holds
Education minister fetes resumption of class for 150,000 students; father in village where schools remain closed says institutions hosting evacuees not adequately supported
By ToI Staff
Members of the Druze community attend a funeral in the Druze village of Maghar, on September 20, 2024. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
November 20, 2024, 2:35 pm
New curriculum to highlight Druze community and its ties to the state, ministry says
Announcement of program for middle school students comes days after the Jewish Agency elected a first Druze representative to its Board of Governors
By Gavriel Fiske
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
Education Minister Yoav Kisch escorted by police as protesters demanding a hostage deal rally at the HaElla school in Kfar Menachem, southern Israel, September 4, 2024. (X screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 4, 2024, 9:29 pm
Activists for hostages hound minister during school visit; 2 arrested for assault
Police escort Education Minister Kisch from school where Gaza border evacuees are enrolled, as dozens of demonstrators pursue him, accuse government of ‘destroying the country’
By Michael Horovitz
Teachers' Association chief Ran Erez attends an Education, Culture and Sports Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 29, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 4, 2024, 6:34 pm
High school teachers’ strike may ‘certainly’ last until late October, union head says
Ran Erez also says education minister ‘doesn’t understand his job’; strike, which began Sunday, affects over 500,000 students who are already behind due to years of pandemic, war
By Gavriel Fiske
View of an empty classroom at a school in Jerusalem, during a strike, on September 1, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 3, 2024, 4:10 pm
No end in sight for high school teachers’ strike after talks end with no progress
Expecting ongoing stoppage, Education Ministry confirms intent to open ‘alternative frameworks’ next week to provide non-academic activities for students
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
Hostage families and their supporters standing next to pictures of Israelis held captive in the Gaza Strip, during a protest urging a deal to secure their release, outside the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, August 30, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 31, 2024, 2:05 pm
Protesters to rally for deal as PM said to prioritize Philadelphi route over hostages
Saturday night Tel Aviv demonstration to highlight hundreds of kids starting school with loved ones still held in Gaza; regulator blocks ad alluding to sexual abuse of hostages
By ToI Staff
Left: Head of the Yamina party Naftali Bennett gives a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on April 21, 2021; Right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on April 21, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 31, 2024, 12:18 pm
Poll: 69% think Netanyahu shouldn’t run in next election, Bennett favored for PM
Just 18% of respondents plan to watch government ceremony to mark Oct. 7 anniversary; as school year set to start with high school strike, 59% say Kisch doing terrible job
By ToI Staff
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)
August 29, 2024, 11:11 pm
Finance minister, teachers union trade blame as strike set for first day of school year
Union chief Erez vows to secure collective agreement; Smotrich accuses him of playing power games, threatens to not pay wages during action
By 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
Mateh Asher Regional Council chair Moshe Davidovitch (center left) speaks to Education Minister Yoav Kisch (center right) at a meeting between Kisch, northern mayors and officers from the IDF's Home Front Command ahead of the new school year, August 26, 2024 (Walla News screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the copyright law)
August 27, 2024, 10:19 am
‘You despise us’: Northern mayors slam minister for lack of support ahead of school year
Regional council chair says government showed its indifference to the north by carrying out a preemptive strike on Hezbollah only when the country’s center was threatened
By ToI Staff
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir is flanked by police officers the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, after his visit to the Temple Mount, on the Jewish fast of Tisha B'Av, August 13, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 26, 2024, 1:49 pm
Cabinet ministers warn Ben Gvir endangering Israel with ‘reckless’ Temple Mount moves
PM insists status quo at flashpoint site remains unchanged after Ben Gvir says he’d support building a synagogue atop it; coalition, opposition members call for him to be fired
By ToI Staff
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