“My children go crazy at home, they needed to go back to school.”
The seven-year-old carrying a big pink schoolbag was thrilled to see her friends Sunday at her school near Jerusalem, after weeks of distance learning imposed in Israel’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic.“My children go crazy at home, they needed to go back to school,” said the mother of three.
A country of about nine million people, Israel has officially recorded over 16,000 cases since it began testing, including around 230 deaths — one of the lowest mortality rates among countries hit by the pandemic.Strict closure measures are now being eased as figures show a decline in the number of new cases.“What a pleasure to see you children!” exclaimed Sigal Bar, principal of the school in Mevasseret Zion, a leafy community about 10 kilometres west of Jerusalem, as she opened the gate.
About 150 of the school’s 260 pupils returned to their classrooms, the walls papered with letters of the Hebrew alphabet. “Either there is no danger and everyone goes back to school, or it is dangerous and everyone stays at home,” she told AFP, saying that young children “are unable to stick to the rules”.
“I can understand the fears of some parents, but we have to get back to normal life,” said Assaf Shamir, head of the parents’ association for the Mevasseret shool.
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