Take the youth off the hilltops? Quite the opposite. The state is sending teachers to the illegal outposts
A 'Shomrim' investigation reveals that instead of distancing youth from the hilltops, the state is adopting a new approach: opening five new schools in the West Bank, some of which will be 'institutional symbols' only, where students from the hilltops will be enrolled but teachers will be sent to them. The decision was made against the backdrop of a 560% increase in nationalist crime and a surge in the number of outposts.
A 'Shomrim' investigation by ynet reveals a new government approach to dealing with hilltop youth in Judea and Samaria: instead of removing young people from illegal outposts, the state is sending teachers to them. Under Government Decision 4087, 120 million shekels were allocated over three years to open five new schools in the West Bank. Some will be 'institutional symbols' only – a legal registration of a school where students from the hilltops will be enrolled, but the students will not attend the schools; instead, teachers will be sent to the outposts. This move comes against the backdrop of a 560% increase in nationalist crime incidents in the territories since 2019, and the establishment of nearly 200 new outposts under the current government. The investigation reveals that the director of the Jerusalem District in the Ministry of Education, Carmit Harush, said in a discussion at the Education Committee: 'We are talking about students who do not want to come to schools. Therefore, transportation was not budgeted. The platform sends teachers to farms, that is its essence.' Alongside this, additional programs such as 'Kanfei Ruach' and 'Mitkhabrim' of the Ministry of Welfare are operating, deploying instructors and social workers in the field.