Overview
- The cabinet backed a small‑group restart for schools, with the final go‑ahead contingent on a Home Front Command assessment.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chose the Education Ministry’s capsule plan over Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s proposal to put teachers on leave.
- The current learning setup stays in place through the end of the week, including in‑person services for special education, at‑risk students, and informal programs.
- Where classes resume, the Home Front Command map will govern locations, requiring protected rooms in orange zones and allowing study near shelters in yellow zones that include cities such as Tel Aviv and Be’er Sheva.
- The Education Ministry is drafting rotations that bring about 30% to 50% of students to school on a given day, coordinated with local officials based on each campus’s access to protected spaces.