Herzliya High School Cancels First Class After Racist Incident
Classes at a Herzliya high school will be delayed Tuesday following an incident where students chased and hurled racist insults at an Arab teacher.
The Secondary School Teachers Organization announced that classes will be canceled during the first hour on Tuesday at the Hannah Senesh New High School in Herzliya, following a severe racist incident.
The decision comes after students chased an Arab teacher and hurled racist insults at him earlier in the day. The disturbance began when a student from the nearby Yad Gyora middle school threw a chair at a special education student at the high school. When the teacher intervened, he was pursued and verbally assaulted by the middle school student and his peers.
The Herzliya Municipality issued a sharp condemnation of the incident, stating that authorities will not let the matter pass quietly. School principals have been instructed to file a police complaint, and municipal officials are working with professional bodies to investigate the circumstances and hold the perpetrators accountable.
