Israeli high school principal faces disciplinary action over B'Tselem talk to students
Play audio 1XChange playback rate from 1 to 1 Mute audio The school asked the ministry for the legal basis on which its decision had been based, and when it got no reply, it went ahead with the lecture. In a letter to the principal, Mendi Rabinowitz, ministry director-general Amit Edri wrote on Wednesday that he had conducted himself in a manner “inconsistent with legal provisions and the norms expected of any instructor, and especially a principal.” Edri argued that discussing controversial issues with students was permissible, but that “the full spectrum of views regarding each topic...