Jerusalem's Education Ministry District Director urged student council members in the district not to hold protests calling for the release of Israeli hostages at the start of the school year in a letter sent on Sunday, a day before student-led protests in Tel Aviv.

Hundreds of Israeli high school students nationwide announced on Sunday that they would not attend the first day of the new school year on Monday to protest the lack of a…

Israeli students marked the start of the new school year with a strike and street protests on Monday, demanding the release of hostages and a peace...