Teachers' Union Secretary General Yaffa Ben David addressed the decision to hold a strike in schools and kindergartens until 10:00 AM, stating that 'while the Finance Minister talks about 'wartime,' education workers were the ones who carried the civilian front on their backs. Instead of appreciation, they receive disrespect. Instead of fair wages, they hear slander and incitement. It's impossible to run an education system with humiliated and abandoned teaching staff. The forests were burned, and now they want to burn the education system. The responsibility is on your shoulders, Finance Minister.'