Education Minister Rafi Peretz has criticized a high school in Kiryat Tivon whose students will go to Hevron after the holidays, along with extremist leftist organizations Breaking the Silence and Machsom Watch.
Rabbi Peretz said, "There is no room for Breaking the Silence and Watch Women [sic] in the education system. The tour in question is planning to meet with an organization that gives a bad name to IDF soldiers and commanders and condemns them in Israel and around the world, which we will not allow.: Peretz made it clear, "The Ministry of Education will work very strongly against a school administration that does not implement the law. Our position is very clear: A student in the State of Israel will not meet within the school framework with organizations or people working against IDF soldiers."