Gil Gertel

Gil Gertel is an educator and a blogger at Local Call.

Recent Articles
A high school principal arranges her classroom for the reopening of the school in Jerusalem, February 10 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Teachers or terrorists? Far-right MKs want the Shin Bet to police schools
A bill authorizing Israel's security service to hire and fire teachers, a policy long carried out in Arab schools, is so extreme that even the Shin Bet opposes it.
By Gil Gertel July 26, 2023
A teacher-soldier speaks to a student in a classroom in Beit Shemesh, April 4 2011. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
Palestinians as ghosts: How Israel’s education system normalizes occupation
A study finds that while some high school textbooks touch on Israel's control of the West Bank, students are taught little to nothing about its true nature.
By Gil Gertel August 9, 2020
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