Knesset Guard Removes Participant Over Shirt Slogan, Chairwoman Intervenes

During a Knesset committee discussion on youth needs and support for orphans aged 18 to 26, Shlomo Alfasa, a resident of the Gaza border area and brother-in-law of Mia Goren who was killed on October 7 with her body held by Hamas, was asked to leave for wearing a shirt bearing the slogan "We Will Remember - Until the Last Captive." Alfasa, who has adopted the four adult children of Avner and Mia Goren from Kibbutz Nir Oz, was removed by the Knesset guard due to the shirt's message. However, Naama Lazimi, the committee chairwoman, intervened and instructed the guards to allow Alfasa to remain in the discussion while wearing the shirt. Lazimi stated, "No one will erase the memory of the massacre. Not on my watch." Earlier the same day, Lazimi, also a member of the Education Committee, presented her work plan for the next government if appointed Minister of Education. Her plan focuses on addressing the teaching workforce crisis, rehabilitating public education, strengthening democracy education, stopping funding for institutions that do not teach core subjects, improving early childhood education, enhancing informal education, and upgrading physical infrastructure in educational institutions.