MK Orly Levy-Abukasis (Yisrael Beiteinu) said Monday that she intends to make sure, in the Knesset's winter session, that children in Yehuda and Shomron (Judea and Samaria) receive the same educational conditions as the children in other parts of Israel. “As far as I am concerned, whether there is a freeze, a construction stoppage , a recession or whatever you want to call it – the children in Yehuda and Shomron should not pay the price,” she stated. “We cannot punish them.” "The children in Yehuda and Shomron need the basic conditions and there cannot be a situation where there is a shortage in protected vehicles,” she elaborated. “It cannot be that they will have to make several rounds with the same vehicle to take all of the children to school, and some of the children will be late for school because of this. This shameful situation must stop.” The rookie MK added that the infamous report compiled former prosecutor Talia Sasson regarding the “illegal communities” in Yehuda and Shomron has had a detrimental effect on the lives of Jewish children in Israel's mountainous heartland. “Since the Sasson report was accepted by previous governments, the effect on the ground has been that any request for expanding classrooms in Yehuda and Shomron requires six stamps of approval from the Ministry of Defense. The processes stretch out for a long time and meanwhile the classes become unbearably crowded.” Sasson was a senior member of the state prosecution when she compiled the report, but later left the Prosecution and ran for the Knesset on the Meretz ticket.
