Current sectionIsrael NewsRestricting Freedom of Speech The move, at the demand of Education Minister Yoav Kisch, prohibits institutions from taking a political stance or striking; their heads will be barred from expressing political views, and students and lecturers will be able to express themselves 'only privately'Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribe07:14 PM • July 07 2026 IDTThe coalition of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to restrict freedom of expression, harm academic liberty and limit the right to strike of universities and colleges, including lecturers and heads of institutions.CommentsIn the NewsNetanyahu Government Moves to Restrict Protests in Israeli UniversitiesEisenkot Pulls Even With Likud, Edges Netanyahu for Prime Minister in New PollIsraeli Settler Outposts Now Control Nearly Fifth of West Bank, Report SaysThe Tel Aviv Chef Who Also Consults for a Ramallah Wine BarExplosions Rock Damascus, Wounding 18, as French President Macron Visits SyriaRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIIsrael Has Long Ignored Warnings of a 'Diplomatic Tsunami.' Now It Has ArrivedDumber Than a 10-year-old: Are Israeli Students Really That Stupid?An Israeli Principal Desegregated a Tel Aviv School. Here's What HappenedAs Israel Lacks Hundreds of Patrol Officers, West Bank Staff Doubles103 Nails on the Map: How Israel's Government Is Burying the Two-state SolutionRep. Dan Goldman Says Support for Israel Cost Him New York Democratic Primary