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Two weeks before the start of school: The discussion about vaccines in schools has reached a dead end

Bennett is holding a meeting with the Minister of Health and the Minister of Education, in an attempt to reach understandings and compromises on the outline of education, as well as on approving the vaccination of adolescents and children within schools during school hours.

According to sources present at the hearing, the Prime Minister was firm and asked the Minister of Education for flexibility, but the hearing ended without decisions.

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Meirav Cohen

Monday, 16 August 2021, 20:42

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Two weeks before the start of the school year, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met today (Monday) with Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz and Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Bitton, in an attempt to reach understandings and compromises on the outline of education and approval of vaccination of teens and children within school complexes. Studies, as well as the need to explain vaccines to students.

So far, Minister Shasha-Bitton has objected to vaccinating students in schools and even claimed that it is a “crime” because of the social pressure that will be exerted on them.

Despite this, due to the authority of the Minister of Health on health issues also throughout the education system, Horowitz announced that vaccinations will take place in schools, in the early morning or after the school day.

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Lack of agreement on the outline of education.

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According to sources present at the hearing, the prime minister was firm with the education minister and asked for her flexibility, but this time too he refrained from establishing facts.

During the conversation, the Ministry of Education and the Minister of Education even refused to conduct information activities about the nature of the vaccine, let alone the hours for receiving the vaccines.

The debate ended without decisions, with the Prime Minister outwardly declaring the importance of vaccines and coming out against vaccine opponents, but within his government allows for an ongoing debate without decisions.

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