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Despite the suspicion of sexual offenses: the director of the education department in Elad continues in his position - and speaks alongside the minister of education - voila! news

2023-02-03T10:36:47.298Z


About a year and a half ago, Mordechai Bari was arrested due to complaints against him for a series of indecent acts among students. However, he is expected to participate in a panel organized by the Association of Directors of Education Departments, and in which the Ministry of Education participates. The aid center accompanying one of the complainants: "We would have expected him to take a step back"


The prosecutor's office will be required to decide whether to file an indictment against him or to close the case.

Police car (Photo: Shlomi Gabai)

The director of the education department in Elad Mordechai Bari continues to serve in his position - despite the suspicions against him of sexual offenses against children.

About a year ago, Barry was arrested due to complaints about a series of indecent acts by students.

Today, the suspicions against him still stand.

Despite this, Barry is expected to participate next week in a panel at a conference organized by the Association of Directors of Education Departments, which the Ministry of Education is a partner in and whose symbol appears on the program.



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It was learned that the case in his case was transferred today (Thursday) for review by the Central District Attorney's Office.

Now the prosecutor's office will be required to decide whether to file an indictment against him or to close the case.

Although he is still defined as a suspect, Barry holds a sensitive position in the municipality, which involves contact and meeting with children.

This is not the only role reserved for him: Barry also serves as a member of the board of directors of the National Association of Education Departments, as a representative of an ultra-orthodox city.



At the upcoming conference, which will begin on Monday in Eilat, Barry will speak on a panel alongside the director of the ultra-Orthodox district at the Ministry of Education.

Along with him, the education minister Yoav Kish and the director general of the ministry Assaf Tselal will take part in the training. The ministry claimed that they were not aware of the matters, but for the time being they have not changed their involvement in the conference. During the three days of the training, the chairman of the local government center Haim Bibbs will also speak The head of the teachers' union is Yaffe Ben David, the chairman of the teachers' organization Ran Erez, the chairman of the parents' leadership Mirom Schiff and the chairman of the student council Ran Shay.

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"These are alleged violent crimes and the connection to indecent acts is puzzling," Bari's lawyer, Yehuda Farid (Photo: Shai Makhlof)

The investigation against him was opened in January last year.

During it, complaints were taken from children who were then less than 14 years old who reported obscene acts on Barry's part.

The acts allegedly took place when he was a teacher at an educational institution in Modi'in Ilit about 14 years ago.



"Every person has the presumption of innocence," Elad Municipality said in response.

"The court decided to release him without any conditions or restrictions on his occupation, and even the prosecutor's office and the police, who represent the public and are in charge of his protection, did not submit any request to suspend him from his job. Therefore, the municipality does not impose his sentence without a legal decision."



The Ministry of Education asked to clarify that they are not the organizers of the conference, even though their symbol appears next to its organizers.

"This is a conference organized by the Association of Directors of the Departments of Education in the local authorities, and not by the Ministry. We emphasize that the Ministry had no involvement with the contents or the participants."



The Union of Education Department Directors responded that "Mordechai Bari is the director of the education department in the city of Elad. As far as we know, and as stated, there is no decision in this matter. We respect every person, as they say, an investigation is not an accusation and a person is innocent until proven guilty."

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"The ministry did not have anything to do with the content or the participants." Ministry of Education (Photo: Sharon Bokov)

Bari's lawyer Yehuda Farid stated that: "Mr. Bari is a veteran educator, and he has many rights. Mr. Bari has educated thousands of students in the past, and it goes without saying that this complaint is the only one that has apparently been filed against him in all the decades he has been working as a teacher and administrator. Another important To point out from the suspicions that these are alleged violent offenses and the connection to obscene acts is puzzling and incomprehensible at all. Suspicions that Mr. Barry also completely denies."



"The court decided to release him without any conditions or restrictions on his occupation, and even the police did not submit any request for other restrictive conditions, including suspension from his job, a fact that indicates about a thousand people what their position was towards the evidence in the case, and indeed the day after his release he returned to his work," he added.

"It seems that these days the prosecutor's office will reach a final decision in his case and I believe that it will order the case against him to be closed immediately."



The Magen Aid Center, which accompanies one of the complainants against Barry, said, "We would expect a person who is being investigated for such serious crimes against children to take a step back until things are clarified. It is strange that a conference of the Ministry of Education, an official body of the State of Israel, hosts a person who is being investigated for offenses against minors and we will give him the honor to participate as a panel member. We ask the Israel Police and the Prosecutor's Office to speed up the investigation and bring justice to the victims. We will continue to stand by the victims and assist with all the means at our disposal."

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