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The ministry had claimed that Yuval had opposed the conference, which took place on January 18 and was attended by some 300 pupils.
B’Tselem, a human rights organization, launched a new campaign this month in which it claimed that Israel maintains an apartheid regime in the entire territory “between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River,” meaning both in Israel and the West Bank.
The day before the conference, Gallant issued a letter banning from schools any organizations “That treat IDF soldiers with contempt and call Israel an apartheid state.” That prompted director of the Haifa district, Sa’ar Harel, to order the cancellation of the conference, or at least of El-Ad’s participation in it. The Reali School asked the ministry to explain its legal basis for cancelling the event, but never got a response and decided to hold it as scheduled. This past Thursday its principals were summoned to a hearing at