MK Zvi Sukkot (Religious Zionism) arrived in Umm al-Fahm on Sunday around noon for a planned tour of schools. In response, the city's schools declared a strike, according to the city's the source.
MK Zvi Sukkot (Religious Zionism) arrived in Umm al-Fahm around noon on Sunday for a tour of local schools, according to the city's official the source. In response, schools in the Arab city declared a strike.
The visit is the latest in a series of attempts by Sukkot, who chairs the Knesset Education Committee, to inspect educational institutions in the city. As The Zioneer reported on June 20, Mayor Samir Subhi convened an emergency meeting over the planned visit, calling it uncoordinated and noting that the targeted high school had already closed for the year.
On Sunday morning, the mayor slammed the tour as 'absurd' during summer break, and earlier this week Sukkot issued an open invitation to educational teams to join the tour, vowing to proceed despite threats and intimidation. Schools in Umm al-Fahm have been on summer break since June 20, according to our previous reporting.
3 developments
- DevelopingMK Zvi Sukkot invites educational teams to tour Umm al-Fahm schools
- DevelopingUmm al-Fahm mayor convenes emergency meeting over planned MK Sukkot school visit
- DevelopingMK Sukkot visits unauthorized East Jerusalem school, police seize terror-inciting materials
- DevelopingMK Jebareen accuses MK Sukkot of inciting against Umm al-Fahm ahead of planned visit
Source and signal
- Internal intake