Six members of the Council for Higher Education resigned on Sunday morning, in protest against Education Minister Naftali Bennett’s dismissal of the Council’s Deputy Chairperson, Professor Hagit Messer Yaron, and the appointment of Dr. Rivka Wadmany Shauman in her place.
In their letter of resignation, the Council members wrote that “The steps and measures taken hurt the essence of the Council’s work, its independence and the spirit of its actions.”