Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Education Minister Naftali Bennett on Thursday, September 1, 2016, inaugurated the 2016-2017, 5777 school year at the Tamra Haemek public elementary school in Tamra, in the Gilboa Regional Council area. Netanyahu and Bennett were welcomed by the school’s 200 students in Hebrew, Arabic and English.
Prime Minister Netanyahu told the children that when he entered the first grade, “It took me a little while to be able to read the words.” He also told them, “I am truly excited for you. Learn well. Go back home and do what mother and father tell you. May you be successful.”