unusual incident: During a conference of department managers in the Ministry of Education in Eilat, Minister Haim Biton, a minister in the Ministry of Education from the Shas party, spoke. During his speech, the minister provoked anger among those present when he talked about the growing number of ultra-orthodox students in the system. Later, the minister said: “If you are not afraid enough, you will be afraid More”, in response many managers left the hall.
Watch the commotion: the crowd blew up the minister’s speech
Minister Bitton’s speech exploded Photo: no
“If you weren’t scared enough, be more scared”
In his speech, Minister Biton referred to the fact that about 40 percent of first grade students in the country come from the ultra-orthodox public and spoke of his desire to make changes in the ministry’s budgets: “If you didn’t know this, and you weren’t afraid enough, you will be more afraid. I tell you unequivocally – the conduct in Israel and the trend that The possibility of suppressing the ultra-Orthodox sector, God willing, has ended. People realized that the ultra-Orthodox community is growing and instead of killing it, you can embrace it.”
The ultra-orthodox education, 40 percent of first grade students Photo: Nati Shohat/Flash90
Minister Biton continued on the same line and said that in the past people tried to harm and reduce ultra-Orthodox education: “The view that thought it was possible to suppress the ultra-Orthodox, that it was possible to lower and take care of at least a female child – those years have passed,” he said. At the conference, 450 managers from all over the country were present, after Beaton’s words the commotion began and many left the hall.
The audience did not let the minister speak
“How do you say such things,” one of the managers shouted at him and another added: “We are not afraid, we want you to go to work.” During the commotion, the minister tried to continue his words and said “Our goal is together with you, to make a process”, the minister tried to continue when the people started to leave the hall.
Ministry of Education Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
“It’s a shame that you don’t stay to listen to the end, “Those who at least stay, should listen to the end” the minister tried to continue his words without success. One of the organizers of the conference had to take the lead in order to calm the crowd and said: “We ask to respect the minister’s last two minutes and we We ask to let him finish his words,” the audience answered her: “He doesn’t scare anyone.”