Students in Herzliya Attack Arab Teacher; Classes Halted at Hanna Senesh High School

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Eighth-grade students at a school in Herzliya attacked an Arab teacher who tried to break up a fight between students. The school administration filed a complaint with the police, and the police opened an investigation into the case. The case is part of an incident in which a middle school student threw a chair at a special education student at Hanna Senesh High School in the city.

The teacher intervened, and the student and his friends began chasing him while shouting racist remarks at him. Classes at the high school were halted for two hours in the morning following the violent incident. Staff members who tried to assist the student were also injured in the incident.

Mayor Yariv Fisher arrived at the school in the morning and expressed support for the staff. The Herzliya municipality said: "We will not move on to the agenda." Mayor Yariv Fisher said: "I view the events with great severity." Tomorrow a strike will be held in the first period at the high school, and an awareness assembly will take place in its place.