Yoav Kisch

Field trip tragedy shows Israel needs answers, not a blame game - editorial

Wilensky was killed, and 24 others were wounded, when one of the students picked up an unexploded Hezbollah bomb and put it in his backpack.

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Injured students and teachers arrive at Ziv Medical Center in Safed, northern Israel, following an explosion of suspected unexploded ordnance during a school trip near the Israeli border with Lebanon, October 12, 2026.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Education Minister Yoav Kisch visited one of the children who was wounded during the northern Israel explosion on Monday, October 12, 2026.

Netanyahu meets with injured children in hospital following Hezbollah ordnance explosion in North

Kisch issued a statement later on Monday, noting that the students' field trip, including the route, was approved despite concerns over unexploded ordnance.

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IDF soldiers evacuate wounded victims into a military helicopter after unexploded Hezbollah ordnance detonated in northern Israel, October 12, 2026.

One killed, children among 24 injured after unexploded Hezbollah cluster bomb detonates in North

Northern District police officers and bomb disposal experts responded to the incident, which was declared a mass-casualty event by the IDF.

|BySHIR PERETS, AARON GLICK, YOAV ETIEL
Illustrative: Israeli children seen in their classroom on the first day of school since October 7 massacre, in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, March 3, 2024.

Schools to hold memorial events for Oct. 7 anniversary, Education Ministry announces

The ministry added that the events taking place on the anniversary would involve four elements: Personal memories, bravery and unification, emotional and educational conversation, and recovery.

|ByTZVI JASPER

Israel's Education Ministry working for stable return to schools amid war

The ministry has already opened 40% of schools that are allowed to have on-site teaching according to the Home Front Command's instructions.

OCTOBER 22, 2023ByARIELLA MARSDEN
A school is seen closed in Jerusalem's Baka neighborhood amid the ongoing war with Hamas, on October 15, 2023.

'Detached from Israel, Zionism': National Library swaps logo amid public fury

The library announced the change to its logo on Wednesday from the original, which featured a minimalist rendition of a book in the colors of the Israeli flag.

OCTOBER 1, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An architectural rendering of the new National Library of Israel’s main reading room. (© Herzog & de Meuron; Mann-Shinar Architects, Executive Architect)

Back to school in pictures: Israel's prominent figures go to class

Israel's students and their parents and leaders all went back to school on Friday, kicking off the 2023-2024 school year.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Parents prepare their child for the first day of school in Israel, on September 1, 2023.

Israeli minister aims to oust Yad Vashem Holocaust museum chair

Education Minister Yoav Kisch has accused the Yad Vashem Chairman of allowing unauthorized parties to vote at board meetings.

AUGUST 31, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan speaking at The Jerusalem Post Annual Conference on June 5, 2023.

2.5 million Israeli students return to school after teachers' strike averted

Teachers' salaries will be raised by NIS 2,000 a month and an additional 2,000 teachers are being recruited to help fill the nationwide shortage.

AUGUST 30, 2023ByTROY O. FRITZHAND, MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
A CLASSROOM at a Tel Aviv school is empty due to a strike called by the Teachers’ Union.

Education Min. faces protests after curriculum includes judicial reform

Protest groups accused the Education Ministry of including anti-liberal content and promotion of judicial reform in educational curricula.

AUGUST 28, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
Israeli protest against Education Minister Yoav Kisch outside a conference at Tel Aviv University, on August 28, 2023.

This man can save Israel from disaster – if he acts now - opinion

Israel's education system is set to collapse. Only Education Minister Yoav Kisch can save it. If not, we can see the country fall behind and sink even more.

AUGUST 28, 2023ByTOMER SAMARKANDI
EDUCATION MINISTER Yoav Kisch attends a meeting of the Knesset Education Committee, earlier this month.

New Education Min. program teaches kids tolerance, conflict management

The new program, coming at a time of heightened social divisions in Israel, is per the directive of Education Minister Yoav Kisch to make Israel's schools have a culture of tolerance.

AUGUST 27, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
FIRST-GRADE students walk to a school in Tel Aviv, on the first day of classes, last September 1. How does one promote social cohesion when children are currently educated in completely separate streams?

Education Ministry bans Israeli-Palestinian parents group from schools

The ban was following a rule change by Education Minister Yoav Kisch that prohibits educational programming that slanders the IDF or soldiers.

AUGUST 2, 2023ByTROY O. FRITZHAND
A school classroom is seen empty in Jerusalem's Beit Hakerem.

Israel's first virtual school to begin teaching in 2023-2024 year

The virtual program will be available for free and is meant to give students the opportunity to receive complementary and personalized lessons.

JULY 2, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A girl learning on her computer (illustrative).