A 43-year-old English teacher from Petah Tikva was convicted of inviting three 11th grade students, aged 17, to her home and having sexual relations with two of them while the third was present and watched. She admitted to her actions as part of a plea deal and was sentenced to immediate dismissal, permanent disqualification from the Ministry of Education, an eight-year ban from any position involving children or youth and a three-year ban from all civil service positions. According to the verdict, her inappropriate relationships with the teenagers occurred between September 2024 and January 2025, during which she exchanged private messages with them and even smoked with them on school grounds.

