Knesset Member Demands Emergency Plan for Arab Teachers in Jewish Schools
Translated & summarized from Panet by baba
Member of Knesset Maha Karkabi Sabag has demanded immediate action from the Ministry of Education to protect Arab teachers in Jewish schools following a racist attack. She called for stricter disciplinary measures, an emergency protocol for teacher protection, and mandatory anti-racism programs. Karkabi Sabag stated that the incident in Herzliya was a nationalistic racist attack requiring a firm response. She will continue to pursue the matter in parliament and with teacher unions.
The story in 6 lines · by baba
- MK Maha Karkabi Sabag demanded urgent protection for Arab teachers in Jewish schools after a racist attack.
- The incident involved an assault on teacher Abd al-Qadir Watad and an Arab assistant in Herzliya.
- Karkabi Sabag called for intensified disciplinary actions against students involved in racist attacks.
- She also requested an emergency protocol for protecting Arab teaching staff and providing support.
- Mandatory anti-racism educational programs were also demanded for secondary schools.
- Karkabi Sabag warned that inaction emboldens further racist attacks on Arab educators.
Member of Knesset Dr. Maha Karkabi Sabag has sent an urgent official letter to the Minister of Education and the Director General of the Ministry, calling for immediate intervention to enhance the protection of Arab teaching staff in Jewish schools. She also demanded disciplinary action against perpetrators following a serious racist assault on teacher Abd al-Qadir Watad and an Arab assistant at "Hana Szenes" High School in Herzliya earlier this week. Karkabi Sabag emphasized that the physical and verbal assault against the Arab teacher, along with racist slurs and the attack on the Arab assistant after they intervened to protect a special education student, constitutes a nationalistic racist attack that requires a radical and firm response, not just another incident of school violence. She warned that such dangerous attacks are emboldened by a political climate that normalizes superiority and racism, and by public incitement, stating that mere condemnation without deterrent measures greenlights further assaults on Arab teachers. Following communication with Watad and reviewing the incident details, Karkabi Sabag urged the Ministry of Education to take three immediate steps: first, intensify disciplinary measures against students involved in racist attacks, pursuing cases criminally and educationally with law enforcement and social services; second, develop an emergency protocol to protect Arab teaching staff in Jewish and mixed schools, providing immediate legal and psychological support; and third, implement mandatory educational programs in middle and high schools to combat racism and incitement. Karkabi Sabag concluded by asserting that the dignity and personal safety of Arab teachers at their workplace must be a given, and she will continue to follow up on the matter in parliament with the Ministry and teacher unions to ensure these racist crimes are contained and to promote programs that curb such attacks, specifically following up on Watad's case and its repercussions, especially since the attacker's family filed a complaint against the teacher.
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