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Outgoing Colombian president claims Israel fixed elections after losing to right-wing candidate

Outgoing Colombian President Gustavo Petro lost to Abelardo De La Espriella, who has proposed a crackdown on crime, an end to peace talks with armed groups, and a boost to Colombia's oil and gas.

Outgoing Colombian President Gustavo Petro speaks with the media after attending a meeting with Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez, not pictured, in Caracas, Venezuela, April 24, 2026.
A participant waves an Israeli flag and a rainbow flag with a Star of David above a crowd during the annual Pride Parade in Tel Aviv, Israel, on June 12, 2026.

LGBTQ defunding risks layoffs and service cuts, labor union warns MK Golan

The president of the Canadian Labour Congress Bea Bruske speaks while meeting with Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in his office on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, November 26, 2024.

Canada Labor Congress votes to cut ties with Histadrut

 Pressure, stress, anxiety

Over four-fifths of Israeli students struggling to study amid war with Iran - poll


Law to curb worker union's power linked to judicial reform, Rothman says

The bill proposes giving the Knesset power to shut down a protest for 30 days, which can then be repeated.

 Yaffa Ben-David, head of the Teacher's Union at a protest of Israeli teachers demanding better pay and working conditions in Tel Aviv on May 30, 2022.

Iranians go on strike across country as Student Day protests begin

Student Day commemorates the murder of three students by the Shah's police force in 1953.

 Iranian boy protests in unknown location. November 2022

Back to school in Israel: 2.5 million children enter their new classrooms

Israeli Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman visited educational institutions close to the Gaza Strip in honor of the start of the new school year.

 Celebrations for the start of the new school year at Gabrieli Carmel School in Tel Aviv, September 1, 2022

Israelis are going back to school: Teachers, gov't reach last-minute agreement

The new agreement will see new teachers paid NIS 9,000 * High schools will open as well on Thursday

 Teachers' Union head Yaffa Ben-David, Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton and Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman hold a press conference

Teachers, gov't continue talks as start of school year remains unclear

Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton said she was optimistic that an agreement could be reached.

 Teachers protest for better working conditions and wages, August 29, 2022

Will schools open on time? Likely not - opinion

It is immoral for teachers to strike, except in very rare situations. The right thing to do in the current constellation is for the teachers to sign a short-term agreement.

 EDUCATION MINISTER Yifat Shasha-Biton visits a classroom last year. Will this school year open on time?

Israel's Teachers Union's acts are completely unjustified - opinion

It remains to be seen whether an agreement between the teachers unions and the Finance Ministry, with the Education Ministry attempting at mediation, will be reached before September 1.

 TENS OF thousands of teachers demonstrate in Tel Aviv, May 30.

High school teachers threaten to join back-to-school strike

The Secondary School Teachers' Organization will join the September 1 teachers’ strike unless the Finance Ministry resolves negotiations swiftly.

 NEW TEACHERS run a summer school, located at Alonei Yitzhak in the North, as part of the training they receive from Hotam.

Teachers' Union: 'As it stands the school year will not start'

The school year's first day hangs in the balance amid rapid-fire negotiations and declarations from all sides.

A CLASSROOM

Israel's education system in shortage of nearly 6,000 teachers

According to the data released by the ministry, 5,671 staffers are currently missing from the roster.

A school classroom is seen empty in Jerusalem's Beit Hakerem.