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Outgoing PM urges parents to ensure ‘liberal content’ taught at schools instead of ‘the dark, homophobic, nationalistic and violent doctrine’ of Avi Maoz’s Noam party
The Times of Israel is liveblogging Saturday’s events as they happen.
Rocket sirens sound in fields near Gaza; IDF probing what triggered alerts
Rocket alert sirens are activated in open areas north of the Gaza Strip.
The Israel Defense Forces says it’s looking into the matter.
Lapid launches hotline to oppose educational programming of far-right MK
Outgoing Prime Minister Yair Lapid announces the launch of a hotline for parents opposed to “the extreme and dangerous content” of far-right Noam MK Avi Maoz, given control of outside programming at schools in the presumed incoming government of Benjamin Netanyahu.
Lapid urges parents to contact local authorities and schools to ensure “liberal content” is taught in place of “the dark, homophobic, nationalistic and violent doctrine” of Noam.
He adds that the hotline being launched by his Yesh Atid party will be for “gathering information regarding the attempts to insert dark content into the education system,” as well as for providing legal advice to parents.
Amid pushback against Maoz’s appointment, MK Galit Distel Atbaryan of Netanyahu’s Likud party claims to Channel 12 news that Maoz won’t be able to do anything without Netanyahu’s permission.
Netanyahu said to swipe at Ben Gvir: ‘Needs to calm down’
Presumed incoming prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Otzma Yehudit Itamar Ben Gvir swipe at each other amid ongoing talks to form a new government, in which the far-right lawmaker is set to serve as minister in charge of police.
“Ben Gvir needs to calm down. He needs to internalize that is the public security minister. He can’t express himself like an opposition MK,” Netanyahu is quoted as saying.
The Otzma Yehudit retorts that Netanyahu “must understand he isn’t the opposition, he is the head of a fully right-wing government.”
