Ronit Tirosh, former Director-General of the Education Ministry, accused Education Minister Yuli Tamir of calling her a "piece of [garbage]," as reported on Israel Army Radio.

In response to Tirosh's comment, which took place at a Knesset Education Committee session, Tamir claimed she had only said, or meant, that she was left with the task of cleaning up the "trash" left behind by Tirosh in the Education Ministry. 

The word she actually used is considered foul language in modern-day Hebrew.