Head of Secondary School Teachers’ Association: 'We are preparing for a long strike'; Arab communities may also keep schools shut amid deadly crime wave

Move comes as local authorities call for nationwide two-hour strike on Monday in solidarity with Arab towns across country that are protesting ongoing budget freeze by Smotrich

Local leaders say they are preparing to challenge program in court once it passes into law while 'transferring the fight so it focuses on government, not harming residents'

Court rules short notice and method of announcing walkout for grades 10-11 over low wages is unlawful

Education Ministry says it'll ask labor court to block cancellation of classes for 10th and 11th graders, accuses union of harming students

Education Ministry agrees not to use results until a subsequent agreement is reached over salary dispute; union slams proposal to raise salaries to NIS 10,000 a month

Small number of municipalities, led by Jerusalem, not participating in action called over dispute over funding of education system

United Torah Judaism MK says that party will 'not turn the other cheek' during upcoming municipal elections to 170 local leaders who signed on to letter

Mayors from across country reject coalition agreements that would see local municipalities finance ultra-Orthodox institutions that teach as little as 55% of state curriculum

Yaffa Ben David says the way things are going in talks with Treasury, strike action is inevitable; vows Finance Ministry will fail in effort to prevent labor action