The future of education and security in Israel: the heads of the regional councils speak
A panel of heads of regional councils on education and security, the two most important areas in the country.
Over a million residents live in the regional councils.
The regional government center unites 54 councils in Israel
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07/08/2022
Sunday, 07 August 2022, 10:42 Updated: Monday, 08 August 2022, 12:12
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Heads of regional councils in the local arena program (Walla system!)
Heads of regional councils in Walla's 'Local Arena' program!
for a conversation about security and education issues
In Israel there are 54 regional councils, including more than a thousand settlements - settlements, kibbutzim, villages and community settlements.
About a million residents live in the regional councils and they cover about 85% of the country's territory.
The regional government center deals with all areas of life, education and construction, agriculture, employment and environmental protection,
education and security, are the most important issues in the country.
The heads of the regional councils are at the forefront of the challenges, they are the ones who know the area in depth, and bring a lot of insights and recommendations to the government from their professional experience.
Panel of heads of regional councils, the local arena, Walla security panel (photo: official website, -)
Beyond the municipal administration, the heads of the councils face security challenges in rural Israel, fires and arson of open forests, the seam line, the readiness of the home front in conflict situations.
Moshe Davidovitz, Head of the Meta Regional Council, Chairman of the Line of Conflict Forum
- The gaps in protection in the north are unfathomable, the State of Israel decided in 2018, on a shield plan for the north. Five years later, out of the announcement of 2000 houses, today only 15 houses are protected. This The heart of the problem, in Kibbutz Hanita in the north, the warning time is zero, first the missile or rocket falls and then the alarm is activated.
Adir Naaman, head of the Shapir Regional Council and chairman of the audit committee
- the threat is beyond the firing of the missiles but the disruption of the citizens' routine, Hamas understands that it is not can over the IDF and therefore the home front has become the front. Every year we are required to invest huge budgets in preserving old shelters in the bowels of the earth instead of developing advanced defense solutions.
Niv Wiesel, Head of the Mate Yehuda Regional Council and Chairman of the Tourism Committee
- Forest fires and arson are an everyday occurrence, we have over half a million dunams of trees and forests. We are prepared during the summer and are on alert. Unfortunately, the state has learned nothing. A year ago they burned All the mountains of Jerusalem, the settlements of Mate Yehuda, there was a government meeting and they decided to transfer 68 million shekels. To date, not a single shekel has been transferred.
Osherat Gani Gonen, head of the South Sharon Regional Council and chairman of the Planning and Lands Committee
- the separation fence dominates quite a few regional councils along its entire length And 7 billion shekels were invested in it and it is perforated throughout.
We have been warned over the years that the holes in the fence led to agricultural terrorism and theft, from the moment they realized that the criminal turned into nationalist attacks, we see reinforcements on the fence.
We demand that the Ministry of Defense and the IDF take responsibility for the separation fence.
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Heads of regional councils in the local arena program (Walla system!)
A panel of heads of regional councils and heads of professional committees on education issues in the regional government center
Eran Doron, Chairman of the Education Committee and Head of the Ramat Negev Regional Council
- in order to improve the state of education, the system should allow flexibility for the authorities to create variation in the management of the system, when they try to produce a 'lawn mower' from Metula to Eilat, then it will not work, they will also learn the same thing And even in the same way, then it won't work.
In the field of education, as in many fields, the State of Israel needs to let go, just let go. Trust us, like in Corona they didn't trust us and then realized that we are the solution. Transfer powers, we know how to do the job.
Rotem Yadlin, President Gezer Regional Council
- We are in a deep educational crisis, this is really not just a story of the teachers, it is convenient for the government to talk about the fact that it is a fight for the salaries of the teachers, no, it is a fight for the education system of the State of Israel.
For years there have not been enough kindergarteners in the education system, we have no aides, we have no teachers for September 1st, managers do not approach tenders.
Today in the State of Israel, there is a lack of 3,500 classrooms and kindergartens, local authorities are not allowed to build a school or kindergarten, if they start building before approval from the Ministry of Education or Finance arrives, no budget is forthcoming.
Shay Hajaj, chairman of the regional government center and head of the Merhavim regional council
- The education in the rural area is very good, there is no family that comes to live in a regional council and does not check the issue of education.
First of all, we are tested in education.
Therefore, there is a need for decentralization of powers, each council is different in essence, geographical areas as well as population types, Arabs and Jews, religious and secular.
There are differences here, the Ministry of Education needs to understand that, we are different.
We as heads of authorities have already proven, wherever the state does not know how to carry out actions, let the heads of authorities do it.
Heads of regional councils in the Walla studio (photo: official website, photo: Robbie Castro)
Dani Evari, head of the Meshgav Regional Council and chairman of the welfare committee
- they are talking about the teachers' salary, what about the wages of the factions, the cleaning workers, the attendants. There is also an under-budgeting of the welfare workers and social workers.
Ilan Sade, head of the Menashe Regional Council and chairman of the committee Planning and land
- we hear about teacher turnover, there is an absurdity here, there is excess work in Israel, but education is not included in it.
There are thousands of servicemen and women who are released and can work at preferred jobs in gas stations, hotels and restaurants, but surplus work for education, that has been stopped.
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