The Ministerial Committee has decided that from the fifth grade onwards, classes will be discontinued from Thursday.
Closed classroom in a school in Israel // David Cohen-Ginny
The small ministerial committee for the struggle in Corona has decided to recommend to the government to close the educational institutions from the fifth grade onwards as early as Thursday.
The rest of the classes and kindergartens will study on Thursday and go on vacation on Friday as planned.
The ministers also decided that B & Bs and hotels would be closed during the closure period.
Yes they decided not to allow takeaway in restaurants but only delivery service.
The ministers decided to allow bereaved families whose loved ones were killed in the Yom Kippur War to visit the cemeteries on the eve of Yom Kippur.
The decisions of the Ministerial Forum, which includes Health Minister Yuli Edelstein, Defense Minister Bnei Gantz and Minister Yizhar Shai, require the approval of the government.
Today, tomorrow, the decisions will be brought to the approval of the ministers by telephone vote.
And on Thursday, the entire outline will be approved by the Knesset's Constitution Committee.
A source in the Prime Minister's entourage to Washington told "Israel Today" earlier that Prime Minister Netanyahu is examining Corona commissioner Prof. Roni Gamzo's demand to close the education system tomorrow, and not according to the current holiday closure plan, according to which studies were supposed to take place on Thursday.
In the morning, Prof. Gamzo sent a letter to Health Minister Yuli (Yoel) Edelstein and Education Minister Yoav Galant.
Prof. Gamzo claimed that the government had made an "incorrect decision, contrary to the professional recommendation", when it determined that the educational institutions would operate until Thursday.
In fact, his request is not to hold the two remaining school days until the closure takes effect.
"I want to meet our professional recommendation and not allow the opening of the education system tomorrow, with all the complexity, but it may be possible to reduce it to fifth grades and above only. This recommendation is supported by all professionals," he wrote.
It is important to note that according to the outline, the institutions will remain closed, but on school days between the holidays, distance learning will take place.